Graham🐝 Edwards

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This is why I really, really like beBee...

This is why I really, really like beBee...


Simply put... it is the fascinating people you get to meet.

Today I met Renée 🐝 Cormier and Kevin Pashuk for coffee (I actually had diet coke but this isn't about my slight addiction). I have known Renee for a while now and we meet regularly, but this was the first time I've had the opportunity to meet Kevin face to face. 

a71025c2.jpgI have known Kevin through his writing and comments, and it has always been a nice experience — To meet him face to face was a complete pleasure. Our conversations ebbed and flowed on a litany of topics for about two hours and I was slightly saddened when we had to part company. I will admit some of the sadness was because I had to head out into the rain but that is no reflection on anything other than I don't like to get wet.
I met both Renee and Kevin through beBee, and it is just the luxury of geography that has allowed us to have coffee and diet coke together... but here is the thing in all of this.

I have also met people from Spain, Australia, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, India, the U.S., other parts of Canada, the U.K., et cetera, et cetera... I may not get to spend time with them in a trendy Oakville cafe but I get to know them through their writing, their comments, their interests, their engagement, and their expression. 


I have become a richer person for my beBee experience so far; to everyone I have connected with, "Thank you".

And to all those I will meet in the future, I can hardly wait.

iamgpe



 

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Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #45

#62
It was a great moment... thx

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #44

#61
If you ever get to Canada we'll roll out the red carpet!

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #43

#60
Thanks Paul Walters... enjoy your meeting and have fun !

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #42

#58
Thanks for the comment and the compliment Sara Jacobovici. Thx again for introducing me to beBee!!!

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #41

#56
Thx for the comment Aaron Skogen

Mohammed Abdul Jawad

6 years ago #40

Aha...Trio teamed up to treasure thrilling moments!:)

🐝 Fatima G. Williams

6 years ago #39

It would be great to meet the bees I interact with daily :) Great meet up Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards

Paul Walters

6 years ago #38

Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards great post. I am about to meet a couple of bees on ann upcoming trip to Africa...I am sure it will be drenched in honey
#58
treasures under the sea .... they often emerge... they float !!! 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🐝🐝🐝🐝

Sara Jacobovici

6 years ago #36

Sorry I missed this when it was first posted Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards. I love it! Everything about it; your style/narrative/story, the message you're communicating, your sense of appreciation, and more.....I could identify with what you wrote and am encouraged to see you present the human side of today's high tech world.
AFFINITY NETWORKING GOES LIVE
a great picture Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards , happy to see it again

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #33

#27
You are right Milos Djukic it's all about the people... thanks of the comment!

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #32

#25
It's the cold weather Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman that makes us cool... hahaha. It's hard to be stylish in lumberjack jackets. I have a million stereotypes so don't get me started... lol

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #31

#20
We need to start a band Gerald Hecht... there is a song in all of this somewhere...hope all is well!

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #30

#19
Thanks for the note Phil Friedman and suggesting I'm good... sorta good maybe... I see good for me as an aspiration. lol.

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #29

#18
Thanks for the note Tausif Mundrawala. Yes, it would be nice to meet some day... maybe at a beBee meeting of some sort one day....

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #28

#13
Yes Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee, dreaming big is the only way to go !

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #27

#12
I totally agree Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier is "boss"

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #26

#11
It really was Christine Stevens

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #25

#7
Live video is a fantastic idea Deb\ud83d\udc1d Lange...

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #24

#6
We ended up meeting at a trendy cafe in Oakville @Anne Thornley-Brown, MBA. I understand (thru Kevin Pashuk

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #23

#2
Yes Kevin Pashuk

Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago #22

#1
Yes Praveen Raj Gullepalli... Kevin is definitely a must meet, if only through his writing.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #21

cc. Jim Murray, the grey wolf of Ontario :)

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #20

#36
Leonardo DiCaprio, perhaps? I'm not quite sure Kevin Pashuk. What do you think?

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #19

#19
I know what you are thinking... "Is that Brad Pitt?"

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #18

#32
Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier, Please forgive me ...:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8wPt8xarE

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #17

#32
In Toronto Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier. Yes, I would love to! "33 Moments That Prove Canadians Are So Nice It's Hilarious" on distractify.com :) http://www.distractify.com/trending/2015/07/01/friendliest-canadians-of-all-time-ever-1197803110

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #16

#28
My older brother. Yes, he is Canadian citizen for a long time.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #15

#28
My older brother. Yes, he is Canadian citizenship for a long time.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #14

It is about people. Always.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #13

#25
Yes, just like my brother Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, He live in Canada :)
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#15
Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier yes ! I love our canadians bees...they are very active. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #9

I keep seeing this photo and having the urge to say, reading from left to right,"the Beautiful, the Good, and the ...." Oh, never mind. Great photo of happy Canucks. Cheers!

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #8

#12
*blushing"...
Juan Imaz THIS IS A GREAT beBee MEET UP
Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards BEEatiful words. " I have become a richer person for my beBee experience so far; to everyone I have connected with, "Thank you". thank you so much Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier for showing is your keenness. I am really PROUD to have you on board. Let's dream BIG. Buzz on !

Lyon Brave

6 years ago #5

I have yet to meet a new face to face but I would love to. Sounds like a great experience.

Ali Anani

6 years ago #4

I share te words of Deb\ud83d\udc1d Lange. I hope these meetings of minds would end up in face-to-face meetings. I now the joy of meeting somebody with whom you had a long desire to meet with.
Where did you end up meeting? It would have been fun to meet you.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #2

#1
Thanks Praveen. Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier is actually more interesting.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #1

It was an absolute pleasure and delight to connect with you and Renée today. We'll do it again. I hear Don \ud83d\udc1d Kerr is buying.

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