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"When someone sees me leave the building, I always feel guilty. I'm sure they're thinking that I'm heading off for some frivolous reason." explained Jacqui at a recent workshop focused on external strategic relationships. If you...

Of the social media sites, the one I use almost exclusively is LinkedIn. It makes it easy to connect with other professionals for professional news, discussions and more. Recently a colleague asked me about how LinkedIn functions and while I'm no...

The phone rang. "Susan Colantuono," I said. On the line I heard, "Hello, this is Jane Doe. I'm interested in participating in your branding teleseminar, but the website indicates that registration is closed." (Reframe your inner...

What a list! A recent report from the Society for Human Resource Management identified a variety of networking sources and the percentages of SHRM respondents that use them. It's very interesting and you can find the results at the end of the survey...

Driving to a client meeting my colleague, Mona (fictitious name) complained about an email she had received. Sally (fictitious name) had emailed Mona asking if she would be willing to talk with her daughter (a recent college grad) about career options...

Through Twitter I learned that Lena West has a great guest blog at Lipsticking. It's called "Rules of Social Media Engagement for Women". She writes, "...I see so many women getting it wrong and they pay the price accordingly. It is...

Q. What do you think about personal business cards? If you're in between jobs, personal cards can be very useful when you're doing a lot of networking. What else can you leave behind? Puliing out a resume at a business function doesn't quite...

Whether you have a preference for introversion or extraversion, you can be successful at networking, IF you are interesting and are interested in others. What do I mean by this? First, you can find a style of networking that fits you. Read my prior blog...