POWER ENTERTAINING with Wine & Food
POWER ENTERTAINING with Wine & Food
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Eddie Osterland is a dynamic Speaker, Entertainer, and Author. For more than 25-years, Eddie has traveled the world giving highly entertaining keynote dinner talks and delivered workshops to corporate audiences on Power Entertaining with Food and Wine.
Eddie shares his strategies on how to Power Entertain clients with ease, class, and confidence, using great wine, food and hospitality to “Close More Big Deals”, Solidify key business relationships, and Build strong lasting business relationships. Eddie’s helped hundreds of executives and CEO’s become successful Power Entertainers and speaks to more than 60 organizatoins per year.
“More business decisions occur over lunch than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject”! Peter Drucker
What do you do when you’re at a fancy restaurant with a million-dollar deal on the table, and the waiter hands you the wine list? “Power Entertaining” isn’t about boozing and schmoozing the clients. Instead, it’s about being able to entertain others in ways they will never forget, and that will make them want to do business with you again and again. From corporate business events to private dinner with clients, Eddie can guide you every step of the way.
Eddie has worked with organizations and worked with leaders from a wide range of prestigious companies, including: Citibank, Chase, UBS, Morgan Stanley, General Mills, Proctor & Gamble, IBM, GE, Ford, Oracle, American Express…just to name a few. Eddie has the distinction of being America’s 1st Master Sommelier. He was the only Master Sommelier invited to entertain corporate clients at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Today, there are only 200 individuals worldwide who have earned the title of Master Sommelier.
Eddie is the author of “POWER ENTERTAINING: Secrets to Building Lasting Relationships, Hosting Unforgettable Events, and Closing Big Deals. Eddie teaces you how to: Transform boring business meetings and sales functions into memorable social events, How to get world-class service in upscale restaurnats even on the businest nights, How to Close More Big Deals by ordering “Power Pairings” and more.
America’s 1st Master Sommelier will show you how to create a special experience and add value to your next business meeting or social event.
You’re at a fancy downtown restaurant for dinner with a million-dollar business deal on the table. The waiter hands you the wine list. Now what? So much for that shiny MBA and your powerful business connections! What matters right now at this moment is your wine IQ—and your ability to entertain this client in a way he or she will never forget.
When it comes to hosting a big business meeting or important sales events, you will discover how to entertain business clients and business associates to close more big deals with ease, knowledge, and confidence, using good wine and food as the ingredients to build strong and lasting business relationships. This reassuring and comprehensive guide to making an overwhelmingly positive impression will help you to:
This event is an alternative to any client’s opening night cocktail/networking reception. As guests enter the venue, they are issued Passports by America’s 1st Master Sommelier, Eddie Osterland (currently only 147 in the U.S.). The Passports direct them to various stations throughout the room that feature delicious wines and appetizer combinations from the most famous wine producing regions of the world.
As people move from station to station, Eddie is there for their one-on-one questions and answers.
Benefits: This event is a novel way to “kick-off” any meeting. It creates movement throughout the room. Participants learn what kinds of wines work better with foods. (They are not just Chardonnay, Cabernet or Merlot.) It offers a great opportunity for networking and building rapport amongst attendees. Often people feel uncomfortable at these receptions, feeling that they have to make idle “chit- chat”. The wines are strategically chosen to enhance the hors d’oeuvres, offering guests something to talk about. People never bring pens and paper to events and therefore never remember what specific vintages or precise food & wine pairing they experience. The Passport they are issued describes all of the foods and wines of the evening, and thus serves as a useful and informative souvenir of your event. Also, it adds value to the event because the guests leave with some new ideas on how to serve unique foods and wines, as well as their “Passport” souvenir with all of the wines listed for their use later! Planning: Eddie will work with your caterer or chef to create these unique wine and food combinations. Wines can usually be selected from good wine lists and when it comes to impressing the client, wines can be brought in. Eddie feels that one should spend more money on wine during a reception, rather than dinner because that’s when the guest’s palates are at their sharpest!
All business has at its foundation a relationship between trusted individuals. In order to grow your business you need new clients. One of the best ways to achieve this is to take prospects out for lunch or dinner. This can be done in hotels and restaurants or from your home.
In order for this to be successful you must learn how to do this differently than everyone else so that people want to associate with you. Forming new relationships is the basis of all new business growth. Understanding the challenging economic times, Eddie offers some very insightful strategies on how to stand out from everyone else.
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