Joyful Gatherings

by | Dec 26, 2010 | Blog

I’m upstairs getting changed for Christmas dinner. Down below I can hear kids laughing and screaming. The adults are chatting and catching up on the latest news. My mom is working in the kitchen, as usual, but there are many hands to help out. I pause a moment...

Children’s Prayers

by | Dec 25, 2010 | Blog

We went to the Children’s Christmas Mass at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church this evening. Our Pastor, Father Jim McDougall, has a tradition each year where he asks all the children to come up and sit around him in front of the altar. He...

‘Twas the Night Before Networking

by | Dec 24, 2010 | Blog

‘Twas the night before networking And all through the town, The networkers were stirring All moving around They set out their toolkits Preparing for lunch When connections they’d make Gath’ring cards by the bunch Business cards and holder A notebook...

What You Can Learn

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Blog

I stopped by Best Buy today to pick up a mounting bracket for our new TV. On the way through the checkout line I struck up a brief conversation with Lori, the cashier. With a few questions and in a surprisingly short amount of time, I found out quite a bit about her,...

Networking Group Overload

by | Dec 22, 2010 | Blog

Not long ago I wrote about dealing with networking overload, especially during the holidays. One of the things that can lead to this condition is over-committing to the number of groups in which we participate. I’ve spoken with people who are members in five,...