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February 16, 2024 31 mins

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Linda Joyce Jones believes that gathering is essential to living a meaningful life.

She’s a self-proclaimed obsessive organizer of people, places, and events – orchestrating special occasions in both her personal and professional life for more than 25 years!

Her pragmatic approach and knack for sweating the small stuff has helped her organize successful corporate conferences, community events, retreats, fundraisers, and more.

Something both Linda and I believe to be true - many have the skills to plan events, but they haven’t thought about how they can apply their diverse skills.

This belief has brought her to support “accidental planners” like herself saying, “Anyone can create amazing memories for their families, in their career, for their community, or the world” through the events they plan.

Linda wrote The Event Planning Toolkit: Your Guide to Organizing Extraordinary Meetings and Events to encourage and empower “accidental planners”.

If that’s you – you must read Linda’s book – as she shows up with kindness and clearly shares her expertise through every chapter!

In our conversation today, Linda shares how connection is “collaborating with people in order to achieve a goal” and how we can gain a sense of belonging through that collaboration.

A beautiful reason to intentionally include “event planning” on your to-do list!


You can find Linda on LinkedIn HERE and learn more about her book The Event Planning Toolkit: Your Guide to Organizing Extraordinary Meetings and Events*, available both in print and as an audiobook on her website at www.LindaJoyceJones.com

*“The Event Planning Toolkit will help you rise to the occasion to plan and execute extraordinary meetings and events by helping you get organized, reduce time-wasting mistakes, and inspire creativity.”


Meaningful connections matter now more than ever! Your community, clients, or customers are ready to connect. Are you ready to be their connector? Events can grow your business, create an impact in your community, or motivate a group around your ideas. The Connection Architect Course and Community is for the everyday event planner that is ready to create connections that matter.

Sound like you? Start building at www.TheConnectionArchitect.ca

The Connector Next Door is produced by www.CandyConsulting.ca  

Are you planning or promoting events for your business, organization, or group? Reach out and book a 30-Minute Hello with podcast host, Candy Event Consulting Founder, and Connection Strategy Coach Lisa Gareau to share how you are creating connections through events!

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