8 Mar
Sales and shows have a lot in common
Author and business sales specialist Tom Becka is coming to Santa Fe for a tiffany earrings Wednesday sponsored by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with HK Advertising.
Becka, a friend of HK’s Dave Hayduk, will discuss creating an image, overcoming stage fright, not becoming discouraged by the word “no” and “building your fan base.”
As Becka sees it, every time a salesperson is in front of a client, they are in effect putting on a performance.
“Singing karaoke in and of itself won’t help the salesperson,” Becka said in a press release, “but by learning how to command an audience’s attention, overcoming stage fright and how to manipulate the audience’s emotions, a salesperson can be much more effective when out on the streets.”
Becka hosts a talk show in Omaha, Neb., and as a standup comedian, opened for Jerry Seinfeld and Drew Carey.
In his new book, There is No Business Without the Show, he relates a sales career with show business and discusses how one can use show-business techniques in the business world.
The luncheon, titled Lunch with a Punch with Tom Becka, will be held at the Hilton of Santa Fe tiffanys at 11:45 a.m. The cost is $26 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. Call 988-3279.
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Shawna Tatom has opened a shop at 718 Canyon Road named Curiosa that she calls “a little jewel box.”
Curiosa carries home decor, gifts, ephemera, bath and body items and jewelry.
“The really unique thing about my shop is that my look is entirely un-Southwestern and affordable,” Tatom said in an e-mail.
For more information, call 988-2420 or e-mail curiosasantafe@yahoo.com.
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The state of venture capital in New Mexico is the subject of a program sponsored by the Coronado Ventures Forum to be held Sept. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo De Peralta.
Among the matters to be discussed are the trends in venture capital, what is getting funded, what’s hot and what’s not.
The guest panelists are Brian Birk, managing partner, Sun Mountain Capital; tiffany rings Kulka, director of Alternative Investments Portfolio at New Mexico State Investment Council; and Stephanie Spong, a principal at Epic Ventures and president of New Mexico Venture Capital Association.
Coronado Ventures Forum was founded in 1994 by regional and business leaders to support technology-based, new business funding and economic development in New Mexico.
The forum is run by an all-volunteer board of directors and supported by a variety of sponsors.
For more information about the Sept. 19 event, visit www.cvf-nm.org/events or call
662-0001 in Los Alamos.
Bob Quick covers the business beat for The New Mexican. Call 986-3011 or e-mail bobquick@sfnewmexican.com.
