We were lucky to catch up with Brian Pruett recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Brian, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
I got my work ethic from my father; he taught me long ago that when you do something, you do it right, and always make sure you are at least five minutes early to any appointment. And I also got it from working for several less than desirable bosses with morals and work ethics.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
Brian holds two degrees from Kennesaw State University: Communications and Sports Management and a Master’s in Business from St Leo University. Brian has 29 years of experience in sales, marketing, and fundraising. He has served as a sports reporter, a sports information director, and a sales director for a sports marketing/media company. Brian has organized many fundraising events, sports promotions, and sponsorships for organizations such as Nobis Works, Atlanta Spirit, and Lucky Strike – formerly US Play, The Ovarian Cancer Society, Lance Corporal Skip Wells Scholarship Fund, Kennesaw State University, Marietta Adventist Church, CLStrong Foundation, Tranquility House, and many other local small community non-profits! In 2023 alone, he helped raise $43,604.01 for charities and 16 nonprofits. Brian also has an extensive background in sports and trivia. He is passionate about helping others and running events where participants have fun and bring awareness about the client to the public. Brian believes building and establishing relationships, teamwork, and communication is the most important thing. This year Brian has added in consulting with Non profits on three area’s that he see’s the need to help them. Fundraising, Marketing and Networking!
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Communication is the first and foremost biggest skill; if you don’t and can’t communicate in any area, you will not be successful. The second is being honest and transparent. If you can’t be up front with your team, clients, family, friends, and community, then you will not succeed not only in business but also in life. Third would be that of common sense; simply put, it is just gone in today’s society.
The advice I would give is simple: don’t just ghost people if you are not interested in whatever they are talking to you about; let them know. People would rather hear a no than nothing at all. Second is please be honest and be yourself right up front, and for goodness sake PLEASE be courteous and say thank you.’ sake,
I highly recommend people pull up YouTube and watch Denzel Washington’s speech on Thank you. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uzynHWxn5Q&t=73s “Thank You.”
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
Yes, I am always looking to collaborate with folks—those who feel community is important and those who want to help the smaller, lesser-known nonprofits so that they can get the recognition they deserve.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://beescharitablepursuits.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084198420935
Image Credits
Photo’s by Anne Say Photography
