Business Card Shuffle

So, you’ve gone to an event. You’ve met and chatted with some remarkable people. You asked for and received their business cards. Now what? Well, I know for me, for many years, those cards would eventually end up in a messy pile on my desk that kept...

Efficiency

One of the challenges of networking is just the amount of time it takes. Also, since you can’t hire someone to build your network for you, it’s your time that it takes. So it behooves us to be as efficient as possible in our networking efforts....

Networking Cop

I was driving home from the store this evening and happened to see someone pulled over to the side of the rode “chatting with” one of Ann Arbor’s finest. She didn’t look happy about it for some reason. I can’t understand it since it...

Self-conscious Networking

Martin’s networking style certainly got him noticed! See if you recognize yourself in this scenario. When I first started attending networking events, I always felt unsure of myself. I worried about what people would think of me. Would they know that I was a...
Rev the Engines and Draw Some Attention

Rev the Engines and Draw Some Attention

This morning I met with my good friend Doug Hockstad of the University of Michigan’s Tech Transfer Office. Doug and I have known each other for a while now. We are both alumni of the Leadership Ann Arbor program (class of ’07 rocks!) and he and I are now...
Greg Peters
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