This week one of our speakers cancelled just before an
event. What to do? What was our Plan B?
We had a good crowd coming, so cancelling was not an
option. Instead when we checked to see
who was registered, we found that we had two marketing experts coming.
While not like the marketing generalist we’d
booked, each knew her stuff about her aspect of marketing – social media and
video – so we asked them to quickly prepare a short presentation.
And they did. Not
only was it good to involve the women in the group but also to showcase the
expertise we already had in the room.
Yes they were a bit nervous.
It’s hard to strut your stuff in front of your peers, fearing they will
judge you, but you know what, I bet they
both went up a notch in people’s perception of them because they came to our
rescue and because they knew what they were talking about.
All of this to say that sometimes plan B works out better
than your original plan.
I remember going to the theatre once and being
disappointed that we had the understudy, but she was amazing and it proved to
me that sometimes it is better to leave your expectations at the door. I could have so easily let that disappointment colour my
view of the results, but I didn’t. I
decided to be open to what unfolded and it worked well.
Just like it did the other night. It is always good to have
a Plan B in your back pocket and often when things don’t work out the way you
wanted, it makes you more creative and you come up with a great solution. In our case, we tapped into our connections.
Maybe Plan B stands for Better.
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