Contact Management Systems – What Do You Use?

Jim Sutton requested that I respond to his question about contact management systems in a blog post.  Jim, it is my pleasure to  try to explain how I use my contact mangement in my networking tasks.  First of all, I simply use MicroSoft Office Online Business Manager (version 2003).  Let’s begin with LinkedIn, as I am [...]

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Relationships, Business and Networking – A Delicate Balance

Today, as I opened my Skype window to “check in with my Skype buddies” and see what has been happening over the weekend, I found this message waiting for me.
“Hi Carol, I am from website design and development company based in India. As you arrange public conference so you must interacted with the people of [...]

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Strong Connections on all levels

Carol Deckert is one of my favorite people on the planet. I first met her through LinkedIn, then the group LinkedIn Power Women.
After a bit, we started chatting on Skype. After I was asked to join Carol as a co-moderator of LinkedIn Power Women, we found that we not only had a lot in common, [...]

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Netweaving Begins With: “Who Do You Know Who . . .”

Good morning everyone!  Things have been a little quiet around here lately.  What have you all been up to?  Tell us about your latest networking event that you attended – online or offline – meet any new interesting people? 
Netweaving is really a lot of fun and it is the latest, best way to utilize your [...]

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Networking with Skype Rooms

Networking with the use of Skype Rooms is becoming very popular.  Skype is a service that allows you to talk computer-to-computer for free, anywhere in the world!  If you would like to begin using Skype, download the software at http://www.skype.com – it only takes a few minutes to download and you can begin searching your [...]

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