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SUMMARY:Chamber Business Success Seminar Series Fall 2025
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Karen Sharp\, Proforma Impact Promotions\n\nTopic: Landing that First Appointment\n\n\n\nTips to Read your Audience & Work the Room\n\n\n\nJoin us for a practical\, interactive session to sharpen your networking skills. Learn how to read a room\, pick up on nonverbal cues\, adapt your approach\, and confidently enter and exit conversations. Discover how to build real connections\, avoid common mistakes\, and leave a lasting impression without over-promoting.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Karen Sharp\n\n\n\nKaren Sharp is a seasoned business advisor and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. She is the owner of Proforma Impact Promotions\, a branding and marketing firm she founded in 1997 that helps businesses elevate their presence through promotional products\, corporate apparel\, print\, and multimedia.\n\nKaren has advised hundreds of small businesses through the Lone Star College Small Business Development Center\, Houston Community College's Open for Business program\, and the HCC Business Plan Competition\, where she serves as lead advisor.\n\nShe also teaches business courses at the University of Houston Downtown and contributes to the Goldman Sachs 10\,000 Small Businesses program.\n\nWith a background in IT and corporate consulting at firms like Shell Oil and BMC Software\, Karen brings a strategic\, real-world perspective to business development and networking.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<img alt="" height="120" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/141/Image/Chamber Logo/NEWLOGOhoriz-trans.png" style="width: 300px\; height: 120px\;" width="300" /><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Speaker: Karen Sharp\, Proforma Impact Promotions<br />\nTopic: Landing that First Appointment<br />\n<br />\nTips to Read your Audience &amp\; Work the Room</strong></span><br />\n<br />\nJoin us for a practical\, interactive session to sharpen your networking skills. Learn how to r<strong>ead a room</strong>\, <strong>pick up on nonverbal cues</strong>\, <strong>adapt your approach</strong>\, and <strong>confidently enter</strong> and <strong>exit conversations</strong>. Discover how to build real connections\, avoid common mistakes\, and leave a lasting impression&mdash\;without over-promoting.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>About the Speaker: Karen Sharp</strong><br />\n<br />\nKaren Sharp is a seasoned business advisor and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. She is the owner of <strong><em>Proforma Impact Promotions</em></strong>\, a branding and marketing firm she founded in 1997 that helps businesses elevate their presence through promotional products\, corporate apparel\, print\, and multimedia.<br />\nKaren has advised hundreds of small businesses through the <strong>Lone Star College Small Business Development Center\,</strong> <strong>Houston Community College&rsquo\;s Open for Business</strong> program\, and the <strong>HCC Business Plan Competition</strong>\, where she serves as lead advisor.<br />\nShe also teaches business courses at the University of Houston Downtown and contributes to the <strong>Goldman Sachs 10\,000 Small Businesses</strong> program.<br />\nWith a background in IT and corporate consulting at firms like Shell Oil and BMC Software\, Karen brings a strategic\, real-world perspective to business development and networking.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:The Work Well 13100 Wortham Center Dr. 3rd floor Houston\, TX 77065
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URL:https://public.cyfairchamber.com/events/details/chamber-business-success-seminar-series-fall-2025-37345
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