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Active vs Passive Networking
One of the mistakes beginning networkers make is waiting for everyone else to take the first step. They hand out their cards and then sit by the phone, waiting for it to ring. Now, it does happen, once in a great while, but, really, the best networking...
Good Customer Service is Good Networking
I have been working on moving one of my Cyber Data Solutions clients to a new hosting service. We had run into a challenge or two. The biggest one was that the domain name, "cellochan.com", was registered with Yahoo Small Business. Unfortunately, while the domain...
Playing Games, Part 3
So a couple of days ago, we started talking about networking "games" that you might sometimes encounter at various professional gatherings. Then yesterday we took a short break to focus more closely on speed networking. Today let's finish up the list of some of the...
Playing Games, Part 2
I love life's little coincidences. Yesterday I wrote about some types of networking games. In particular I mentioned "speed networking" -- a practice where you sit across from someone and in three or four minutes you each try to decide whether you want to continue...
Playing Games, Part 1
Event organizers try to come up with new ways all the time to help attendees have more fun -- or at least be more effective -- in their networking efforts. While not all of these are "games" per se, they do deviate from the normal mixer-style that most networking...
On Being a Member of a Community
Lisa, Kaylie, and I went to the Ya'ssoo Greek Festival on Sunday. It was at a local Church, but folks were coming from all over to celebrate being "Greek for a day". The music and dancing were a lot of fun and the food (homemade, of course) was fantastic! What...
Twice Burned
A couple of months ago, my wife, Lisa, and I bought a new elliptical trainer for our home workout area. We'd been saving for it for several years because we believe in getting high quality (because we do use the machines -- a lot). We were pleasantly surprised...
Conversational Ballet
Yesterday I wrote about eating dinner at the country club with my friend Andrea and several members of her network. While the fact that they were politicians and captains of industry didn't bother me too much (after all, they are still people), one thing did...
Fame and Fortune
Yesterday evening, my good friend, Andrea Bernardini, treated me to dinner at the Barton Hills Country Club. At dinner, she introduced me to several of the connections that she had made at the club. Seated at our table was a City Councilmember and his lovely wife...