Take Them in Another Direction

by | May 23, 2010 | Blog

I think that networking events get a bad rap partially because everyone thinks of the same thing — a meal and a talk surrounded by general networking. Despite the fact they can be helpful, they often feel like the “same old, same old”. Wouldn’t...

Be Interesting

by | May 22, 2010 | Blog

Now, I know I’ve said all along that in order to be interesting, you should be interested. Asking questions about others is far more important than telling them about us. That being said, though, through the natural course of conversation, the other person is...

Super-Connectors

by | May 18, 2010 | Blog

Almost any networker, good or bad, is a connector. We know a fair number of people and what they do and what they need and, wherever possible we try to bring people together because they might be able to help each other. Then there are the super-connectors. These are...

The Hunter and The Gardener

by | May 17, 2010 | Blog

Yesterday we talked about one analogy with respect to networking. Today, as I struggled to roto-till my vegetable garden, I remembered another one that I had heard. Networking is to selling what gardening is to hunting. While both networking and selling can result in...

Analogies

by | May 16, 2010 | Blog

I know that analogies can be a flawed mechanism to argue a topic, but they can be wonderfully illustrative if they aren’t taken too far.  I think of them as the “Dummies Guide” to describing complex or technical topics to those without a...
Greg Peters
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