By Sarah Michel, CSP on Apr 14, 2009 in eZine | 2 Comments
Unless you’ve just crawled out from under a rock, you have most likely heard about the new free micro-blogging sensation www.twitter.com . Twitter is currently one of the fastest growing social network sites, just behind Facebook and MySpace with over 55 million visitors per month.
This whole phenomenon is based on the simple question, “what are [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Mar 18, 2009 in eZine | 2 Comments
Think about a recent project, assignment or initiative you worked on over the past month. At some point you probably couldn’t find the information or resource you were looking for in the company knowledge database or on the internet so you picked up the phone, sent an email or got up and physically walked over [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Feb 8, 2009 in eZine | 4 Comments
With our economy in a recession and unemployment at the highest rate it’s been in over 16 years, there is no hiding from the fallout…we’re all feeling it. However, there is a silver lining in this dark cloud we’re all sitting under. There has never been a better time to invest in growing your network [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Dec 18, 2008 in eZine | 0 Comments
Holiday season is a great time to expand your network and grow your netWORTH.
I hope this message gives you some new ideas if you’re in a career transition, wanting to grow your business, or hoping to meet some new friends.
If you found this helpful please post a comment. We’d love to hear about your holiday [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Nov 12, 2008 in eZine | 3 Comments
With our nation’s unemployment rate at 6.5 percent and the number of unemployed people reaching over 10 million this month, chances are you or someone you know has been affected by our current economic situation.
No matter what business or industry you’re in, I know you have to be feeling it. Have you been in a [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Nov 12, 2008 in eZine | 2 Comments
As I have traveled around the country speaking to people about the power of netWORTHing™ one thing has become clear; people are looking for a change! People have a lot of pain around traditional self-serving networking. Everyone has been burned by someone who in the name of networking, is only pursuing their own selfish [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Aug 27, 2008 in eZine | 0 Comments
Have you ever been a victim of a network drive-by? Or, have you ever been violated by people claiming to be networking but are just out for themselves and what you can do for them? If you’ve been left with a bad taste in your mouth for networking and think it’s just for blood sucking [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Jun 27, 2008 in eZine | 0 Comments
Since we all seem to be very preoccupied these days with conserving energy, focusing on recycling and using alternate resources, it seems fitting to remind you that creating goodwill within the relationships of your network, is never in limited supply.
You create goodwill by looking for ways to be a resource to others and going out [...]
By Sarah Michel, CSP on May 9, 2008 in eZine | 1 Comment
How Social Networks Are Changing the Way People Network: It was bound to happen. Despite the Internet implosion in 2000, the online user population continues to grow not just in the U.S., but globally. Once it reached a critical mass, the natural evolution of this growing population was for its members to break into “communities” with common backgrounds, interests, and/or needs. Welcome to web 2.0!
By Sarah Michel, CSP on Mar 3, 2008 in eZine | 1 Comment
Did you start off the New Year with any resolutions? If so, can you even remember what they were seven weeks later? It feels so good on New Year’s Day to state them out loud, but when it comes time to do something about our new resolution, it’s not so much fun any more.