The Business Book Club is born

Several months ago my friend William and I were standing outside of the Paseo Verde Library in Henderson after a meeting discussing various networking groups and professional organizations we are both part of. We both agreed that these types of groups are important and bring value to us as professionals as well as the companies we work for, but it would be nice to find something different that would allow for engaging in in-depth conversations with like minded people. Not to say these groups don't do these things, but there seemed to be something we were both searching for.

As we both gazed back at the library behind us, it was as if the writing was literally on the wall. At that moment William asked me, "What if we started a business book club? Is anyone doing that?" And, so the idea was born. Once back at work I told my boss what we had discussed, and he, too, agreed that it was a great idea. After a discussion with Henderson Libraries, we had a location for the club set and an entire team to promote it.

Much brainstorming and planning later, we are ready to host our first meeting in September. The vision is to bring people together to discuss a new book every month and meet new friends and business contacts in the process. We realize people are busier than ever, and we don't want The Business Book Club to ever become a burden. For that reason we have created this blog where we will be posting updates about the group and, more importantly, a synopsis of each month's book will be posted a week or two before each meeting. Don't get me wrong, we encourage you to read the books each month, but we feel getting together for interesting conversations and relationship building is the most important piece of the puzzle.

We hope you will join us for our first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8, from 6-7:15 p.m. at the Green Valley Library – located at 2797 N. Green Valley Pkwy in Henderson, just off Sunset Road. We will kick off the first meeting by reading "Get Them to Come to You" by Scott Ginsberg. Books can be purchased at Amazon.com.

If you have any questions about The Business Book Club, or to RSVP, e-mail me, Megan Lane, at mlane@imnv.com.

Megan Lane is an account executive at Imagine Marketing.