For five years, we hosted a monthly networking breakfast for $100,000K+ executives. The meeting featured a 30-minute talk by a well-respected authority on career management or job hunting, usually a successful client, major employer, or executive recruiter. I gave each speaker a $50 gift certificate from Barnes & Noble and handwritten thank you note. I personalized the notes to make them memorable. The challenge was to write 60 different notes. Several are included in this collection.

I this case, I invited a panel of three executive recruiters to speak about the job market. Because the audience was full of high-level executives, this was a marketing opportunity for them. I tailored a slightly different version of this thank you letter to each presenter. Jarrod was planning a trip to Italy.