[LinkedIn Local DFW] Doing Business with the World, Hosting the World Cup

This summer, Dallas welcomes the world.

Nine FIFA World Cup matches will be played at Dallas Stadium between June 14 and July 14, bringing teams, executives, sponsors, and visitors from Argentina, England, the Netherlands, Japan, Croatia, Austria, and Jordan into our region. For Dallas business owners, that means new clients in your conference rooms, new vendors at your dinners, and new partners across the table — many of them operating by cultural rules most American professionals have never been taught.

LinkedIn Local DFW is bringing together established business owners and operators across the metroplex for an afternoon designed to do two things at once: build the relationships that drive your business, and prepare you for the global moment landing in our city.

Featured Speaker: Colleen Rickenbacher, CMP, CSEP, CPC

Colleen is the author of Be On Your Best Cultural Behavior, a working guide to etiquette and protocol across 33 countries. A former senior executive with Visit Dallas and a Hall of Fame inductee with Texas Meetings & Events, she now consults internationally on cultural competency for business and public-facing organizations. She has been recognized by Meeting News Magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in the meetings industry.

Her session is built specifically for the World Cup window. How to greet, host, dine, and negotiate with clients from the seven nations playing in Dallas this summer — and how a 90-second misstep can quietly cost you a deal.

Format

Two hours, structured to respect your time:

• Open networking the entire two hours
• Optional breakout: Colleen's session in a dedicated room for those who want to attend
• Curated room: established business owners and operators across manufacturing, professional services, finance, and operations

What every attendee leaves with

The contact information for every other attendee in the room. No business cards lost in a jacket pocket.

Hosted by LinkedIn Local DFW

LinkedIn Local DFW is the Dallas–Fort Worth chapter of the global LinkedIn Local movement, building rooms where the relationships you've been forming online become the partnerships that drive real business in person.

Free to attend. Registration required.

Watch the podcast with Colleen to learn more about this month's event!

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