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In Dutch there’s a saying, “Hij praat veel maar hij zegt noit wat!” Translation = “He talks a lot, but never says anything!” I’m in a quandary and don’t know what I should do about it. On Twitter I’ve got a few followers who mention me by name daily, sometimes even multiple times a day, but they …

A friend and I had the chance to catch up over lunch last week and I’m so glad that we did. She recently started working in a new position that was created for her based on my recommendation to both the company in creating the position and to her in suggesting that she was the …

For a long time I’ve joked that I would only follow a diet if it somehow included Nutella as part of the diet plan. Well, like Doc in Back to The Future I’ve DONE IT! I’ve found a way and I want to share it with you! More than just the smoothie recipe though you really …

I’m not usually one who reviews apps on my blog. I try to be more profound then that, but this time I just gotta give a shout-out to an app that blew my socks off on our recent family road trip – Glympse. It’s a great little app to use that gives anyone you share …

Why do I participate so fully in social media? Here’s a start:

Recently I read through a negative exchange on Google+ that reminded me that I need to write this blog post. The online dialogue was between two prominent tech personalities that were slinging a lot of mud at each other. The exchange led to name-calling, personal slights, bashing, and a huge list of comments from followers …

Last week I enjoyed the opportunity of hosting a renowned business leader as a keynote speaker at a luncheon event. I arrived at the venue early to make sure the room was set up and presentable and to set up my laptop and projector. The attendees started arriving a few minutes later to mix and …

One of the things I enjoy doing is hosting or facilitating networking events for a number of different groups such as Eastside Networking Event. At these events people don’t usually bring resumes with them, but they usually bring business cards and with business cards comes the “exchange.” What’s interesting to me is how often that …

Networking. Just the utterance of the word can be akin to getting the flu. We don’t like it, feel we aren’t good at it or see it as a necessary evil to “get ahead” in our careers.

When I first started on Twitter I followed anyone who followed me. I figured I would just automatically return the favor and follow back. Once I followed 2,000 people I hit some sort of cap from Twitter and I could not follow everyone, so I had to get picky.