PVIAG's Innovative Approach

Our meetings start promptly at 11:30am PST and run through 1:30pm PST.

• The regulars in our group notice who genuinely shows up and engages with us, vs who doesn't... 

• Guess who gets the most business value from participating?

OK, this part admittedly isn't particularly innovative... But "how we do anything is how we do everything" - so please don't waste your or our time by being an interloper. ;D

• Also in the spirit of innovation, we do not budget time to go around the room with traditional elevator pitches every meeting.

  • • Instead, please be prepared to say 1-2 sentences to introduce yourself to the group, either:

      • after you give someone a testimonial

      • when you engage in our group discussion

    • Otherwise, be prepared to briefly tell us about yourself in 15 seconds during our flash introductions segment.

We love having guests attend!  To supplement the short time we have to be introduced during our meetings, we encourage guests to connect with our members during the networking time baked into our agenda and to schedule one-on-one follow-up conversations with any individual members you wish to get to know better.

We frequently experiment with new ways to schedule troikas - please do NOT submit troika requests via email.

Please read the full contents of the RSVP email sent to registered meeting attendees approx. 1 week before each meeting for specifics about how troikas will be arranged in the upcoming meeting.

Since we’re a Zoom-only group where attendees can’t stand face-to-face for a few minutes before they walk out of the meeting room to easily schedule their troikas:

• • Sometimes our troika master will rely on your submission to this troika request form to arrange your troika, which you'll receive an email about shortly after the meeting wraps up.

  • Sometimes we'll dedicate the last few minutes of each Zoom meeting to place attendees in Zoom breakout rooms to schedule their troikas on the spot -- this will avoid the need for attendees to trade multiple back & forth emails over multiple days to successfully set up their troikas after the Zoom meeting ends, and it will also prevent actively engaged attendees from getting paired in a troika with other ProVisors members who left the meeting early or were no-shows...

We also always encourage attendees to be strategic and resourceful by intentionally reaching out to other attendees before/after the regular group meetings to schedule 1:1’s as desired.

We love promoting commerce between our members and guests!

• Testimonials are encouraged only for people who are actually in attendance

• First come first served; raise your hand via Zoom please

• Content guidelines:

  • Your testimonial should always highlight something noteworthy and memorable about the person you’re thanking

    • Make them the hero!

    • You can include a brief description of the related business activity for context

    • Don't forget to mention your name, title, and company name, plus 1-2 sentences about your business sweet spot

  • We encourage attendees to prepare brief and thoughtful testimonials in advance of the meeting itself:

    • One successful approach is to speak or correspond in advance with the person you’re planning to thank and ask them help you draft a concise and meaningful script to recite during the meeting.

    • Regardless of your approach, please be respectful of other meeting attendees by following the above guidelines in delivering concise, high quality testimonials.

Our executive committee works hard to plan engaging discussions for you to participate in!

• • Please bookmark https://pviag.com/ and check it often to see details about upcoming presentations

  • Register early to secure your seat at our virtual table

  • Please submit recommendations or special requests for programming here