I had the pleasure of attending the Verio Partner Summit in Reston, VA this week (Washington, D.C. area) and had a great time networking with other Verio partners and team members. I also had the pleasure of sitting on a panel during a breakout session focused on helping business owners grow their businesses.

I was also pleasantly surprised to receive the Innovation Award this year for SpinWeb’s work in utilizing the Verio and Accrisoft product line to deliver powerful and beautiful web sites to our clients in the member-driven, health care, business-to-consumers, education, and manufacturing industries.

Finally, I attended some excellent presentations, including one by Heather Lutze, who talked about Internet marketing and social media. She inspired me to re-write my own presentations and make some improvements. Nice work, Heather!

Every time I attend conferences like this, I am reminded of the need to get away and re-charge on a regular basis. It’s extremely important to network with other business owners and learn in a group space together because it’s at events like these that I develop some of my best ideas. Props to the Verio team for a great conference. I look forward to next year’s event!