The Big D BBQ Battle presented a unique set of issues for the North Dallas Chamber. Typically we produce events (annual meeting, HR Conference, Real Estate Conference, et al) in existing places. Ballrooms, hotel meeting rooms, convention spaces and the like. But this was different. We actually had to create the space. I mean, really […]
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Sometimes we get so wrapped up in performing a task or completing a project we forget a basic rule of thumb: who the customer is. One time in my career I worked inside a large corporation in a communications department. My boss was a quite demanding and exacting person. In a side discussion with a
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Having always been on the exhibitor side of things when it came to expos and trade shows, when I was called upon to produce the business expo for the North Dallas Chamber, I had to stop and think about where to start. I was now on the other side. A chamber expo is the one
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Today was haircut day with my personal favorite, positive thinker and doer, Phyllis. She reminded me of something we all need to be aware of: do you have the skills to back up your claims? Only she said, “I can go anywhere with my scissors and comb and succeed as long as I can back
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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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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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Back in the silent movie days there were two icons of the silver screen that defined comedy. And in their own way, defined networking today. Buster Keaton was the sad sack of movie comedy. One historian has said “he was a still thing with the world moving around him.” He stood in place while buildings
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As those of you who follow this space know, our basic theme is “It’s Not About You.” Thank you, Kim Young! She knows, realizes and repeats this! I attended Ms. Young’s “Facebook, Twitter & All Things Social” at the Center for Nonprofit Management in Dallas yesterday. There, on a page headed “Secrets of social media…”
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It is the basic tool of the networker. That 15- to 30-second collection of words that you say when asked about who you are and what you do. While many of us talk about it and use the term, how many of us have actually thought it through and have an elevator speech strategy? First,
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