Jackie Patrick is our guest speaker on the U1st Leading Ladies Weekly Webinar for October 20th.  She will be presenting on how she used home parties to start her United First Financial business.  She and her husband Casey have been prominent leaders with in UFirst.

I first met Jackie in March of 2007.  We both attended the first Boot Camp training that corporate held to teach us about Version 3 of the Money Merge Account program.  She one one of the first people I met.  We went out to dinner after the first day of 10 hours of training.  I could not believe that she came all the way form Virginia to attend the meeting.  We have been fast friends ever since.  Anytime I talk to Jackie she is telling me that she is just getting home from traveling around the country from helping train the agents in her organization.  She is someone I look to for inspiration.

Thank you Jackie, for your friendship.  Thank you, as well, for taking the time to join our calls and for giving us your valuable input.

This past weekend I attended the United First Financial Super Regional training in Las Vegas.  It was a fantastic event.  UFirst Corporate has rolled out the new Super Regional format.  The new trainings now have break out rooms so all attendees can pick and choose what information they would like to learn about.  I think this new format will make a big difference in what agents are able to take away from them.

Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, was one of the Key note speakers at the event.  I was able to meet him.  He has also taken up the UFirst cause.  He has become an agent because he believes in what United First Financial stands for and what the product will do for people.  It was a pleasure meeting and learning form him.

Mark Victor Hansen and I