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Giving Back and Ulterior Motives
Look! Advertising! Just like my blog! I had an interesting experience today. As many of you know, some of these posts are reprinted on AnnArbor.com -- the electronic successor to the former print newspaper, the Ann Arbor News. I post two articles a week, Mondays...
Networking Lessons From My Daughter
Ready to network My daughter Kaylie is one of the best networkers I've ever seen. I suspect that a lot of kids are. I think if we adults paid a little more attention to them and did our best to emulate them, we would have a lot less trouble with our networking...
You Wanna Start Something?
Doing what I do, you would probably guess that I run into networkers of all different levels all the time. Of course, I'm particularly interested in the behavior of those whom I consider to be truly accomplished networkers. I figure the more that I emulate them,...
Interrupting the Pattern
My good friend, Mike Ludlum, and I were having a conversation about networking today. He told me about some challenging folks he had run into at the last networking mixer he had attended. One in particular he referred to as a "drive-by card passer". This woman...
The Patience of a Networker?
When I went through the Leadership Ann Arbor program a few years ago, one of the things I got to do was go on a ride-along with an Ann Arbor Police Officer. In this case it was officer Steve Dye. One of the things that he said which really stuck with me was...
The Old Bait and Switch
I wish we had the same thing for "networking traps" I've been caught by this on more than one occasion, so I'm going to put out a warning to anyone who is just starting out in their networking practice. Please, be aware of the bait-and-switchers. These are the...
How Quickly Things Change
Lisa and I went out to lunch today with a group whom I've known for well over a decade (in fact, with some of them, I'm closing in on two decades). We brought along our three-year-old, Kaylie, as we were without a nanny for the day. Now, all of the folks in...
Setting Self-Dependent Networking Goals
Why would they jump the bar that you set? I'm a strong proponent of setting goals in your networking practice. Starting with simple goals for attending events, to larger ones about the levels you will reach on your networking scorecard, goals help us achieve the...
Myth: Networking is Sales
Are you trying to meet the sheep or the shepherd? I was attending a networking event this morning -- Bruce Webb's amazingly awesome Educational Breakfast -- when I ran into this particular myth. It was the end of the meeting and everybody was packing up and...