The Good Predator

Ironically, both “white hat” and “black hat” networkers have similar mindsets. They both think like wolves. Wolves, when hunting, target the weak, and sick members of the herds. Networkers look at the attendees at networking events in the same...
You Can Do What?

You Can Do What?

A Disney parade can certainly make you feel special. The last letter in my INFER acronym stands for “Resources”. Unfortunately, it’s one that seems to be difficult to explain. Essentially, this represents all of those things about another person...
A Season for Networking

A Season for Networking

Manistee Christmas We’re visiting my folks up in Manistee this weekend. It’s become an annual tradition for us to come up for the first weekend in December for the town’s Victorian Sleigh-bell Festival. It’s a ton of fun with a craft...
Networking Lessons From My Daughter

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...

When?

Practice, practice, practice The techniques we talk about here only work if you take responsibility and use them — and use them frequently. Most of them are pretty simple, but not always easy to force ourselves to do. So, when is the next time you can practice...