It’s been an indescribable two years since the Corona Virus created the pandemonium of a pandemic! Returning to the “new ABnormal” (a phrase I’ve used for almost that long) has contributed to our anxiety and feeling we are “rusty” in social situations. Many of us are returning to workplaces, meetings, family celebrations, conferences and concerts. […]
A Hybrid World: A New Look at Face-To-Face Connecting & Knowing How To Work A Room® or Zoom:
Posted on April 27, 2022 //
How To Work a Room®: Strategies of a Former Shy Person
Posted on February 23, 2021 //
From Quiet to Quite a Mingling Maven® “I was always quiet and often felt shy at events, meetings and even parties”, said Rosa Baez-Lopez,then Vice-President of Human Resources at Clearbrook, a Chicago-land social services agency. “I started as the receptionist for another agency and was working with Carl LaMell, the new bookkeeper, who always encouraged […]
How To Work a Room® : The Return of the BUSINESS LUNCH???
Posted on October 26, 2020 //
I was interviewed by Washington Post reporter, Emily Heil, for her article on the iconic —and missed— business lunch. I wrote about the business lunch in both The Secrets of SAVVY Networking and Face TO Face: How To Reclaim The Personal Touch in a Digital World/ There were several additional points I mentioned in our […]
Observe the UNWritten Rules of Referrals
Posted on May 28, 2018 //
The following is a version of section of The Secrets of Savvy Networking, updated for today’s market. Upon meeting an audience member at a presentation, her first words were, “I’d like the name of your agent.” She obviously had no clues about unwritten rules of referrals that make or break our reputations. “You’ve got to […]
