Networking the Job Fair

by | Mar 15, 2011 | Blog

I mentioned that I spoke yesterday morning at the meeting of the Shifting Gears Cohorts. It was a great, responsive group (what every speaker wants) and I got a lot of great comments and questions from them. My friend, Steve Krogness, asked about how to network at a...

Another Early Reason

by | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog

I discovered a new reason for showing up early for the networking event today: Finding parking. I spoke this morning at the Shifting Gears Cohort Meeting in Ypsilanti at Spark East. I’ve been in Ypsi before and always had a public parking lot where I liked to...

Breaking In

by | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog

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...

Where Have I Heard That Before?

by | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog

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...