Knowledge versus Belief

by | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog

Who else is behind this victory? One of the challenges of networking for a lot of people (including myself at times) is the old knowledge versus belief problem. We know that the best long-term strategy to succeed in our business and personal life is developing...

Is Facebook Networking?

by | Jan 23, 2011 | Blog

I just finished with my nightly forays into the world of Facebook. I usually spend fifteen or twenty minutes checking in on what my friends are doing and seeing if anyone else has “liked” my Reluctant Networker fan page. The question remains, though, can...

The Networking Event Toolkit

by | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog

A few days ago I wrote about having rituals which would support your networking practice. One of the things we mentioned was setting out the material you might need for a networking event the night before — your networking event toolkit, so to speak. So,...

Networking Rituals

by | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog

Networking rituals don’t have to be this complex. According to the online Mirriam-Webster dictionary, one of the definitions of the word “ritual” is “an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner”. Could employing...

Livescribe Echo Smart Pen: Networking Tool?

by | Sep 23, 2010 | Blog

When I am at a one-to-one meeting with a networking contact, I often take notes. My memory isn’t bad, necessarily, but when someone starts rattling off a list of people in their target market, I usually can only remember one or two. The problem is that in the...