Recently, I was listening to a professional networking podcast that had mentioned this comedy bit about the networking event “Me Monster.” I searched YouTube and found this bit by Bill Regan. It’s hilarious!  I have met a few “Me Monsters” while networking in the Triangle. Now that I have seen the entire bit I know [...]

You just left a killer networking event. It seemed like you could help everyone you met and visa versa. The exchange of ideas and contacts happened for you tonight. As you are driving home you are making mental notes as to who you need to follow up with in the morning. Jeez, you must have [...]

Do you really know who you are? If someone asked you to describe yourself in less than 30 seconds what would you tell them? Right now, think about what you would say. What did you come up with? If you said something that someone else had told you about yourself then you should take the [...]

Professional and business networking can be really exciting. You’re getting out there and letting people know you exist and you’re marketing your business. In your mind your goal is to come across valuable to every person you meet. But what you don’t realize that you may be telling people too much information. I have personally [...]

Day in and day out you sit in a cube or behind a desk. You are known only by the people that you work with. Outside those concrete walls are hundreds of millions of people that have NO IDEA you exist. What you don’t know today is that tomorrow you are going to be fired [...]

Reputation is one of the most important attributes of professional networking. It takes much longer to build a good reputation than it does to create a bad one or destroy your own. You must remember that it’s not only your reputation your are building (or destroying), it is also your network’s reputation. Each of us [...]

Without courage no one would take risks. Remember that your courage to take risks has a rippling effect that extends through your network and beyond. Courage is rewarding even when you experience failure. Have the courage to learn from your failures and chose to take those lessons with you so that the next risk you [...]