Networking is as Simple as Making a BLT Sandwich

  Introduction from Alana: Recently, I had the good fortune to connect the great Laura Wynn – a networking expert after my own heart!  Like me, Laura believes we can truly “expand the pie” by opening our minds and our calendars to the power of networking.  When I asked her about her philosophy on networking […]

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Networking Reboot

So, I’m on an early-morning flight last week, headed to see a client for the day, and I open the February 2016 “Get Happy” issue of Southwest Airlines’ The Magazine to page 50.  There, I encounter an article, “Happy Trails,” by Mike Darling with artwork from Giordano Poloni/Colagene.  It was a nicely illustrated infographic-style piece […]

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Schedule a Holiday Happy Hour

So, it’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving… let the holiday season commence!  As I have suggested many times over the years, something happens in American culture between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day… with the exception of professionals in retail, life for others of us seems to sssslllloooowwww dddddoooowwwwnnnn…. The atmosphere becomes more festive (and perhaps […]

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