Confessions of a Serial Connector | Joanne Sullivan | TEDxWestshore

Developing relationships which provide mutual benefit requires intention and attention. Over a lifetime of living and working in the same community, the value of creating, nurturing, and maintaining relationships has been embedded into all Joanne Sullivan does. Citing Malcolm Gladwell and Stephen Covey and her own life experience, she brings her lively sense of humor and her joy in building relationships to her TED Talk, maintaining, with time and effort, you, too, can become a serial connector. Joanne Sullivan’s career in fundraising and community relations in Tampa spans thirty-five years and includes key leadership positions at the University of Tampa, Florida Hospital Tampa Foundation, now Advent Health; Academy at the Lakes, the Tampa Museum of Art, and Berkeley Preparatory School. She currently serves the University of South Florida as USF Health Director of Community Relations, a position she created for herself six years ago.
Ms. Sullivan is a graduate of Florida State University. She is on the Easterseals National Board of Directors where she chairs the Marketing and Development Committee. She is a member of Leadership Tampa Bay’s Class of 2010 and serves on the Leadership Tampa Bay Alumni Board of Directors. Joanne is also a member of Leadership Tampa’s Class of 1991. She is a 25-year member of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals, where she is a past president and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tampa. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@dianehorner2783]

I met Joanne when I worked for Dynamic Campus and she worked at the University of Tampa. She is a wonderful soul and I am bot surprised she is a connector as she connected all of us who were new to the campus. Bravo Joanne!

[@optionalsolutionsllc3115]

You’re AWESOME, Joanne!!!

[@CM-cn3xb]

Awesome presentation!

[@pegsheffield]

Great talk with good tips for connecting with people and creating relationships.