10 Weeks and Counting

December 31, 2012 is just 10 short weeks away from today.  Wow…  how did that happen?  Like many of my friends and clients, I am starting the annual ritual of reflecting on what took place over the last 10 months. With the end of the year facing me, I always want to complete the year…

It’s in the Follow-Up

Yes.  First impressions matter.  Alot.  But, I argue that sincere follow-up matters more. Why? Because if you don’t follow-up, you are forgotten as soon as you move on from the conversation. Why spend all that time attending networking events, meeting new people and gathering their business cards if you aren’t going to take a few…

Gracefully Ending A Conversation

We have all experienced it.  We attend a networking event to meet some new people or reconnect with familiar faces in our industry, and somehow we get trapped in a single conversation with an individual.  The conversation may be lovely, but you have a limited amount of time at this event and you want to…