I've blogged about the Coolest Women We Know group before. It's a wonderful group of smart women, mainly from high-tech or related areas (e.g., recruitment for IT), who have a passion for their work and know how to joke around with each other in a way that says, "Isn't it great to have some real conversation?"

Last week, we met at the home of Melodie Reagan, founder of Auromira, and president of TIE-Rockies, the Denver chapter of a national networking and mentoring group for entrepreneurs. The din of the conversations among 30+ women was almost unbearable at times (all the sound gets trapped in the kitchen area) AND I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

The cocktail hour winded down and the party moved to Part 2 of the evening, a TIE-Rockies event at Level 3 headquarters, courtesy of Melodie. (BTW, the TIE-Rockies event featured a fabulous speaker, Christine Heckart, general manager for marketing Microsoft's television, video, and music business. I'll report on what techie stuff I learned on my other blog, A Bigger Voice, next week.)

As women started leaving for the TIE-Rockies event, I got the chance to sit down with two CWWK serial entrepreneurs, Sue Kunz and Camberley Bates. Sue talked about the new startup she just joined as CEO, American BioResources and Camberley talked about her passion for helping clients at Bates Strategy Group. 

What I noticed in interviewing both women was how the passion for their work comes through. You can clearly see that they love what they do. It's no coincidence that they are both highly successful in the business world.

My thanks to Melodie Reagan who graciously opened up her home to this effervescent tribe of women (I mean that to be a compliment, ladies) and then sprinted to the TIE-Rockies event, where she served as emcee. She is definitely one of the coolest women I know (and one of the best emcees I've seen in a long time.) 

P.S. We really are only six degrees apart (or less.) In researching for this post, I ran across a podcast interview between a TIE-Rockies member (Guy Cook) who I met at a networking event last year and someone who follows me on Twitter (@RobMcNealy). I had seen Rob at a social media conference last fall, which I found out about through a member of the A Bigger Voice team located in New Zealand, Simon Young. Simon found out about the conference from Rob. Okay, did you follow all that?  Yeah, like I said, we are more connected than we know.