What can a Tennis Pro teach you about networking? How about Identical Twin Brothers who are Tennis Pros? Meet Angelo Rossetti (far left) and his identical twin brother, Ettore (far right). Two guys with a serious passion for tennis…and for networking. I have gained great insight and skills on effective networking from Angelo Rossetti – an athlete, [read more]
Learn the art of the short story. Question: “So, tell me about yourself…” Answer: “Well, when I was 16 years old… (25 minutes later) Within the last two weeks, I have sat through (endured, really), more than four chronological life stories. You know, where the person sharing tells you every detail of every significant event [read more]
Today, I am giving a seminar called “Motivated Follow: the secret sauce to your networking success” at the Glastonbury Professional Women’s Forum and Business Showcase in Portland, CT. As part of my presentation, I will be quoting excerpts from the below article written by marketing executive, Claudia Lindsey. I thought you might find value in it [read more]
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of teaching 260 juniors and seniors at UCONN as part of their business career center development course. (don’t you wish you had such a class requirement when you were going to college!). The students asked me specifically HOW to construct an elevator pitch. I had been assuming that [read more]
Follow The Yellow Brick Road To Your Networking Success How many times have you gone to an networking event where they give you a reusable bag to collect all of your paper, business cards, etc? Do you fill the bag up only to have majority of the stuff get lost? Most importantly do you meet [read more]
Talking to strangers is good for you, your business and your career! One of my favorite books on networking is from Keith Ferrazzi. It’s called Never Eat Alone and other secrets to success one relationships at a time. It made me think more deeply about building a more powerful network by fully leveraging my present network, [read more]
I recently attended a networking outing as the guest of Reid and Riege’s Womens Alliance. It was a day of “golf for non-golfers” at the Tumble Brook country club in Bloomfield, CT. I was the guest of estate planning attorney Ingi-Mai Loorand. I made some great new business connections and had a ball. My score didn’t matter, [read more]
I am currently attending my 25th college reunion at Stanford University. It is day #3 of a 4-day extravaganza. Stanford really knows how to host a grand event. I had the opportunity to attend two special events facilitated by classmate Andy Chan. Andy had run career services for Stanford Business School for several years until [read more]
It’s week #3 of the new decade, so how’s your follow-up been thus far? How’s the guilt list? You know, the incomplete promises of “I’ll get back to you on that” or “Let’s have coffee soon” or the thank you cards that you mean to send, but you never get around to it. Remember, your fortune [read more]
I believe that inspiration can be found anywhere, anytime and from anybody. This one was worth sharing with all of you, because I think it contains a bit of creative genius. While attending a Boy Scout court of honor ceremony (where one of my twin boys was being promoted to Tenderfoot class), the Scout Master, [read more]
