Know Your Network

by | Dec 30, 2009 | Blog

Quickly, off the top of your head answer the following: You just lost your job.  Who do you call to begin your search for a new one? Someone just told you about a job opening at a local company.  Who could benefit? A dear friend is ill.  Which...

Don’t Talk — Ask

by | Dec 20, 2009 | Blog

Those of us with a technical mindset often have problems attending an event where we don’t know people.  We dread the idea of standing there and wondering what to say.  Well, here’s a little hint: Don’t talk — ask. If your goal as a...

The People in Your Neighborhood

by | Dec 16, 2009 | Blog

It’s funny, but we always seem to think about networking as something we do “out there”.  We attend meetings and luncheons and coffees in order to meet new people.  Ironically we ignore possible connections a little closer to home, like the...

Be Our Guest!

by | Dec 15, 2009 | Blog

Yesterday, I mentioned that one of the things you can do to help develop a networking relationship is to invite the other person to a networking event you think they might enjoy (and pay for them, since they are your guest). The challenge with inviting a guest (or...

Then a Miracle Occurs

by | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

A long time ago, I got a t-shirt with a famous Sidney Harris cartoon on it in which two scholars are looking at a blackboard on which one of them has written a fairly complicated series of equations.  In the middle of it are the words “then a miracle...