My usual themes on this blog generally revolve around art and animals, usually a blend of the two.

Bear with me today as I diverge from the usual.

I meet a lot of interesting people through social media and online interaction. I meet people who inspire me as an artist. I meet professionals and entrepreneurs who give me ideas for developing my art business. I meet people who love animals as much as I do and we share other interests.

Laurie Ruettimann is someone that I met online, and she does all of those things. She inspires me as an artist through discussions on her blog about a wide range of topics. She is one of the top human resources professionals in the country and is a very savvy entrepreneur. She is very giving in her willingness to share ideas about developing your career.

And she is a crazy cat lady whose Scrubby is my Brewskie Butt’s twin from a different mother.

Laurie is starting a new career venture herself through her new company New Media Services. She has asked me to help promote The Career Summit, which is an “virtual” online conference bringing together the greatest minds in career development in one phenomenal event.

I am not sure that she needs me to help her promote this fabulous event, but I am honored that she asked. And she offered me an affiliate deal, so, you know, everyone has their price.

That said, I wouldn’t promote it if I didn’t believe it was top notch.

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Listen to Laurie talk about the Career Summit in the video below. Sounds pretty interesting, huh?

Laurie Ruettimann on The Career Summit from Laurie Ruettimann on Vimeo.