Are We Having Fun, Yet?

So, is networking fun???  You bet!  Please don’t tell me that after 27 posts you still roll your eyes and cringe at the thought of networking.  My friend and mentor, Denise Upah Mills, at LeaderFuel, describes networking as, simply, “friends helping friends.”  Who wouldn’t like that, right? Just this morning, for example, I connected with […]

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Networking Events

So here’s the deal with networking events:  Most people dread and despise them!  Does the artificial setting and forced small talk give you the willies, too?  The thing is, they can be incredibly valuable, efficient and effective venues for meeting and reconnecting with contacts. I suggest this to you:  Take a “fish where the fish […]

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When You Will Know You’ve Arrived

From a networking perspective, you’ll know that you have arrived when: You start getting referred to the same people over and over again.  It is important that you find a way to meet them, get to know them and determine what information you have to share with one another; You become known as “well networked” […]

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