A Champion Is...

• a militant ADVOCATE or defender
• a Warrior for someone else
• one that does battle for another's rights or honor

Mirriam Webster Dictionary

Influencers spend their social capital to convince others to engage in commerce. But influencers, sales professionals, have a vested interest in the outcome.

A champion represents another without that suspicious vested interest. They act not out of self-interest but other-interest. The goal is to bring two parties together that are better as collaborators than as competitors.

This is the background behind a very important question for you:

When does self-promotion become word-of-mouth advertising?

Our Mission

Our passion in the Inland Northwest Champions Network is promoting the communities and businesses of the Inland Northwest.

We are a vibrant network of individuals who champion the businesses and organizations of all sizes that contribute to our economy, our health, and our social engagements. We aim to be champions for the benefit of others, using our own opportunities to connect businesses and organizations with the things that they need most to succeed.

In this way, we embrace that we will receive as much or more than we give.

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To succeed at our mission, we are adopting the principles and practices outlined in the books "The Champions Network" by Matt Silverman and "The Way of The Conscientious Connector" by Dave Ribble.

We believe that these books represent a blueprint of how we expand the influence of the Inland Northwest as a whole, help those who live here thrive, and spread the big ideas developed in the Inland Northwest across the whole world.

Together, as Champions, we can make the Inland Northwest a better place for ALL who live here.