Years ago, my friend, Peggy Keene, told me that when she read the Sunday newspaper she made sure to turn every page. That’s how I’ve read the paper ever since then and actually heard a story on NPR discussing the topic. By turning every page, I see stories in the paper low on back pages […]
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OK, I can’t resist: it’s holiday season and time to review working a room. I was reminded of this as I spoke at my first holiday mixer of the year, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) for the second year in a row, this time at Times 10 Cellars in the Lakewood neighborhood. (Shameless
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We’ve all been to the event where the participants have the chance to give their elevator speech to the rest of the group. You stand up and recite your lines and more than half of the group invariably runs over the 30-second limit. What’s a good way to teach yourself to be brief, to the
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So, who are you, really? Are you the person you think you are in your own head? Or are you the person people think you are? Or are you the person that you are when you are just being yourself? This past week I heard Kenny Rogers (the singer not the pitcher) on NPR’s Fresh
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Starting conversations with people you know can be hard enough. Striking up an exchange with a total stranger can be down right daunting. So, today’s post is about taking the first few steps toward starting a conversation at a networking event or social setting. The ideas upon which this concept is built are: Making first
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It can happen to any of us and probably has happened to many business owners: somebody steals from your company, you get involved in a lawsuit, a product fails or your company is subject to takeover. When something like that happens, timing and urgency become major factors when a company chooses how to respond. So,
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Recently a friend asked me to help her prepare a workshop. The workshop was aimed at job seekers and how they can best use networking to help them get the job they want. Every job seeking campaign, as with every marketing and sales campaign relies on these four elements: Strategies. Targeting. Techniques and tools. Practice.
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Video and visuals have tremendous power on the internet, we have all heard that. But have you really tried to use video in your marketing? It isn’t really all that hard. In fact, the easier the approach you take, the more spontaneous and real it is going to appear. Let me just apologize here for
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For years our dog has usually awakened before us. And for years, Cathy has always been able to tell Decker to wait “five minutes.” He stops stretching and doing his morning snort routine and circles around and plunks down at our feet to sleep a bit longer. Usually more than five minutes. To him, time
The other night we were watching an MLB Network special with Bob Costas and Jerry Seinfeld that was an examination and discussion around the “Who’s On First?” comedy routine performed by Abbott and Costello. It is amazing how relevant this routine and the discussion is to networking. From working a room to starting and maintaining
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