Last week, I wrote a post about exiting a conversation gracefully that generated some buzz. Beyond commenting on the strategies and tips to help you get out of those awkward moments, many of you rightfully pointed out that breaking into conversations was just as perplexing, especially at networking events, conferences and other forced-conversation forums. There [...]
Topics: Generosity
Exiting a Conversation Gracefully
March 4, 2010 – 10:23 pm
Last week, my husband Eric was caught in the crosshairs of an overzealous museum curator eager to impart his knowledge about twentieth-century model trains. For what seemed like an eternity, Eric feigned interest as he searched for a way to end the conversation. Fortunately, there is a way to exit gracefully. We have all been in [...]
Top Five Ways to Stay In Touch
July 23, 2009 – 8:29 am
Reaching out, touching base, grabbing coffee, schmoozing, stalking, tweeting, friending, or even an old-fashioned “let’s do lunch”- the list of networking possibilities is exhausting even to just contemplate. But staying in touch isn’t always in person and it definitely doesn’t have to be hard. Keith Ferrazzi, networker extraordinaire and author of Who’s Got Your Back? posted [...]
Mr. Wrong
June 17, 2009 – 6:42 pm
A beautiful and talented girlfriend of mine, let’s call her Anna, was dating a guy, let’s call him Mr. Right, whom she adored. It was one of those “smitten at first sight” type things where they totally connected when they first met and he swept her off her feet. She hadn’t felt this way about [...]
Generosity in Action
June 9, 2009 – 12:15 pm
I spend a lot of time coaching people on how to ask for help without sounding dumb. I’m a firm believer in getting the help you need upfront instead of spinning your wheels on the backend- 2:00 am alone in the office is never fun (banker flashback). So I love this quote from Michael Wilbon, an ESPN [...]
Wal-Mart Exec Speaks Out
May 24, 2009 – 9:32 pm
I recently took a fabulous Webinar on marketing and social media (Colleen Wainwright, www.communicatrix.com ) that mentioned something that made perfect sense to me-the content you provide online to your readers should follow the 95/5 rule-95% of what you post should be useful to others; the remaining 5% can be reserved for shameless self promotion [...]