Leave them thinking you’re fascinating

Leave them thinking you’re fascinating

Each fall and spring, your calendar starts to fill up with lots of events to attend. Some will be dinners to raise money for charity, some will be networking events hosted by your business community, and others will be conferences both near and far from home. Whatever...
New Definition of Networking

New Definition of Networking

What do you think of when you hear the word “networking”? If you are most people, that word has a negative connotation based on your experience. If you keep going to networking events, have a bad experience and feel they are ineffective, than go out to another event...
The ABCs of Business Cards

The ABCs of Business Cards

Over the last few months I’ve been working with an association to increase connections at their convention. In an age where information is found with one click and we count “likes” as engagement, conventions hold the promise of meaningful in-person connection with...
Stop Praying & Spraying

Stop Praying & Spraying

Whether you know the phrase “spray and pray” or not, you probably have experienced this phenomenon and possibly, like me, you have been guilty of doing it. When I first started promoting a group I founded over a decade ago, I whipped out a business card within seconds...