One of the rules in my 12 Rules of Networking for 2009 white paper is: Rule #10 – Get Involved in something. Are you involved in something that matters to you professionally or are you just planning to “get involved”
Having trouble with Space Invaders?
A timely and worthwhile discussion is taking place around this essay by 2 folks in the “high tech practice” at McKinsey (Soumitra Dutta and Matthew Fraser) regarding the subject of current behaviors around social networking. If you feel as if
Timing, Relationships and Connections are….
“In today’s business world, your success is not always predicated on hard work, education and experience. They help, but timing, relationships and connections are paramount to success.” — “Big George” Armistead Rainmaker is a bit of a dated term in
Practice makes perfect
If you’re in the Seattle area and want to practice applying some of the rules in my 12 Rules of Networking white paper, please feel free to stop by the happy hour event being hosted by the Puget Sound American
Protected: March White Paper
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Networking for HR Professionals…the White Paper
Many of you know me to be a networking enthusiast and “Connector” (Tipping Point/Gladwell reference), as well an experienced marketer and business development pro. Well, recently I was asked to author a white paper where I offer 12 Rules of
Are your skills relevant?
Something about the post below really rang true to me, so I wanted to share it. It’s about ageism as it relates to the unemployed many within the 40+ crowd. Please keep in mind that this post was part of
Think differently about your job search
I don’t usually write posts about job search strategies on this blog (I save that for Facebook and LinkedIn), but because I can’t avoid having job search conversations everywhere I go these days, I thought I’d share some of the
Networking IS a survival skill
This is probably not a surprise to most of us, but according to TechCrunch sources, LinkedIn’s usage is up like crazy. You can view their post and data here. And, of course, I luv Erick Schonfeld’s closing sentence at the
Learning to Love LinkedIn
I’m thrilled I was able to travel to Chicago last week to not only enjoy the post-election night buzz, but also to attend the luncheon hosted by BMA Chicago on Thursday, Nov 6, 2008. I achieved my main objective of
PIFing in book form
Because I wrote a description of Bella Domain’s PIF Parties for my friend Andrea, and she then included it in her new book “Power Referrals,” I knew I had to come up with a really good way to pay it