Don’t Talk — Ask

Those of us with a technical mindset often have problems attending an event where we don’t know people.  We dread the idea of standing there and wondering what to say.  Well, here’s a little hint: Don’t talk — ask. If your goal as a...

Be Our Guest!

Yesterday, I mentioned that one of the things you can do to help develop a networking relationship is to invite the other person to a networking event you think they might enjoy (and pay for them, since they are your guest). The challenge with inviting a guest (or...

Then a Miracle Occurs

A long time ago, I got a t-shirt with a famous Sidney Harris cartoon on it in which two scholars are looking at a blackboard on which one of them has written a fairly complicated series of equations.  In the middle of it are the words “then a miracle...

The ART of Networking

Networking is the process of creating mutually-beneficial, long-term relationships. Given that, it isn’t something that you can do quickly. There is a series of steps which you must follow. Only a Bad Networker tries to skip ahead. The steps are: Awareness: This...
Greg Peters
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