Storytelling and Business? Absolutely!
I was invited to a very unusual event recently. It was a meeting about "storytelling." It was hosted by Peter Guber. Peter is an Academy Award-winning producer of movies, including Rain Man, The...
10 Traits of a Master Networker
The number one thing entrepreneurs need to remember relating to networking is that people who take the time to build their social capital are the ones who will have new business referred to them...
Entrepreneurs, Stay in Your Flame
While attending the Kuala Lumpur Global Networking Conference for BNI in Malaysia last week, I heard a presentation that really resonated with me. The presentation was given by Penny Power, foun...
Networking Group Basics
I'm aware that it's not just the networking die-hards who may be reading my blog, and I wanted to post something that I think is very important for networking newbies. (Don't worry, it's a good...
Global Networking Conference – KL 2008
I am attending the Global Networking Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this week. Roughly 550 people from more than 22 countries are attending the event. It has convinced me that "thinking g...
NetworkingNow.com
I've been working with a group of authors since January of this year, and quite a few of them have been contributing some great networking articles to a subscription website I'm affiliated with...
The Key to ‘The Secret’
By now, most people have heard of the phenomenally successful movie The Secret, which talks about the Law of Attraction and how it can be used to change lives. The Law of Attraction has been use...
How To Work A Room
As I sat on a plane bound for Orlando, Florida, this week, I began sorting through a stack of books that various authors have sent me as gifts, and I came upon the updated version of Susan RoAne...
Build Cooperation or Expect Resistance
I read a book awhile back called Solutions Focus by Mark MerKergow and Paul Z Jackson, and it really struck a chord with me.I ran across some of my notes from the book yesterday as I was organiz...
Networking Faux Pas
Most people I meet while networking think they're great networkers, but a lot of them are still making some of the biggest networking no-nos in the book. I went to a local networking event th...