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Gwen Walsh, President and Founder of TechEdge, will be our program speaker. Being in the Business of IT, a large chunk of our success depends on our ability to understand and positively influence our customers, executives, managers, peers, staff and business partners. Every time we engage in a conversation, pitch an idea, investigate a problem, fulfill a request, initiate or implement a change, address (or fail to address) a conflict or provide a product or service, we’re being evaluated and judged by others. The cold, harsh truth is – each interaction and corresponding judgment directly impacts how others perceive us, how they will react to us now and in the future, whether or not they will support us in the work that lies ahead and how our legacy will be shaped. Because we’re in the Business of IT and predominantly focused on technologies, activities, tasks, pressures, deadlines, you-name-it, we oftentimes forge ahead without critically thinking through our human-to-human interactions. Before you know it, we’re working in environments where trust, collaboration, positive attitudes, high productivity and employee morale are plummeting, and silos, territorialism, personal agendas, infighting, apathy, negativism, adversarial relationships and missed deadlines and service levels are on the uptick. We must create environments where people genuinely matter, and to do that we need to become better at HUMAN CONNECTEDNESS. Our next Face-to-Face meeting will address Human Connectedness. We will: **Define Human Connectedness. **Discuss the compelling reasons for increasing Human Connectedness. **Ask simple questions that will help us assess our own Human Connectedness effectiveness. **Explore the principles that, when followed, create a Human Connectedness environment. **Take away tools that can be immediately applied in your workplace to increase your Human Connectedness factor. Special thanks to Clay Bediant, Owner, TalentQuest, for sponsoring our location.