Rev the Engines and Draw Some Attention

Rev the Engines and Draw Some Attention

by | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog

This morning I met with my good friend Doug Hockstad of the University of Michigan’s Tech Transfer Office. Doug and I have known each other for a while now. We are both alumni of the Leadership Ann Arbor program (class of ’07 rocks!) and he and I are now...

Do You Know the Unspoken Rules?

by | Aug 25, 2010 | Blog

We’re here for the Chamber bowling night! I was reading posts over on “Debby Peters, Networking Guru”. She had a really good one on understanding what unwritten rules visitors to your group or event might run afoul of, and how your group would deal...

Myth: Referrals Are All About Delivering the Contract

by | Aug 24, 2010 | Blog

A vast majority of people network primarily in order to increase their business. While they achieve this (properly) by seeking to be of service to others first, their overarching goal is to bring in more jobs/projects/money. That’s fine. The challenge this...

Planting the Garden

by | Aug 23, 2010 | Blog

OK, sure, it’s kind of an odd time of year to think about planting a garden. Here in Michigan, most of the gardens are a bit past their prime and are starting the slow slide toward the Autumn die-off. Still, seeing all of the plants putting out seed pods has...

Don’t Do It Yourself

by | Aug 22, 2010 | Blog

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should I don’t know if anyone else is like this, but I know I, at least, have a bad case of Do-It-Yourself. If I think I have the faintest chance of being able to take care of the situation without asking someone else...