I consider attending networking events to be my volunteer, or “community service” time each month and my goal is always to make it easy for people to ask for the help they need. Why? Here are five reasons: 1) You
Learn to Love LinkedIn Tip #1
Make a practice of regularly scanning the LinkedIn status updates of your network in order to keep an eye out for opportunities, expressions of interest or stated needs where you might be able to offer help. I note needs like:
PIF Networking Workshop – March 2, 2010
Having just wrapped 3 really well-received book related events in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, I wanted to give y’all the scoop on an upcoming pay it forward style networking event that’s taking place in Seattle, WA on
7 Savvy Networking Tips for 2010
7 Savvy Networking Tips for 2010: 1) Don’t take networking too seriously. It can and should be fun. Connect with the intention of helping others rather than simply expecting to find the elusive perfect job or client. Relax, take the
Back to the Bay Area – Feb 2010
Announcement: Happy New Year! And, just in time for Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share that I’ll be in the Bay Area again for this book related event on Wed, 2/10/2010 (cool date, eh?), and then another book/Pay It Forward/Valentine’s
Networking myths debunked
This morning I had the exciting challenge of living up to the introduction I received below at an event hosted by Matt Youngquist of Career Horizons: Topic: Networking Tips, Technique & Etiquette Guest Speaker: Sandy Jones-Kaminski, President of Bella Domain &
It’s not you, it’s them
I just received confirmation that my first “real” book is NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, so I felt it appropriate to commemorate the occasion with a blog post that explains why I wrote the book in the first place. Also, since
Pay It Forward Party….it’s baaaack!
Since my last one in Nov of 2008, I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been asked when I was having another Pay It Forward (PIF) Party. Well, I’m not actually having one, but Seattle’s chapter of the
Be the change…
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” I keep thinking about this great quote from Mahatma Ghandi because of the unexpected, but definitely welcome, attention my on hiatus Pay It Forward (PIF) parties have received this past
You too can drive success with books
MOST book authors are pay it forward (PIF) type people. Their generosity is usually pretty apparent in the amount of intellectual capital they give away in their books. And, the majority of publishers will tell you that you don’t make
Yet another PIF reference
A good refresher if you’re job hunting. This one is from LinkedIn….check out #10, yet another PIF reference. Hmmm, maybe we have been onto something?