Breaking In

We’ve spoken before about the challenges of walking away from a conversation and came up with a few techniques on how to do that. Of course, to use these techniques we have to get into a conversation, first. This is one of those areas that makes a lot of...

“How Can I Help?”

Yesterday we talked a bit about the importance of asking good questions when we are with a networking connection (or a potential one). We also talked about how we should have the answers to any question we ask since they are likely to reflect that question right back...

Where Have I Heard That Before?

I was having lunch with a new friend, Meaghan McCann the other day over at one of my favorite networking spots, Marnee Thai. Meaghan is a Google Adwords expert. She teaches regular workshops about the subject and can really help people get their search engine...

Small Beginnings

Even he was an unskilled white belt at one time. We’re in the middle of “Black Belt Camp” down at Keith Hafner’s Karate. This is a four-month period of intensified training and testing that Black Belt candidates have to go through in order...