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Using Online Information in Real World Conversation

January 15, 2012   Social media

In the past, meeting someone meant talking to a person with whom you had no idea if you shared any common interests. You’d break the ice and go from there. And loosely speaking, extroverts were people who had an easy time with this while introverts struggled. With LinkedIn and social media, all that is changing. [...]

 

Webinar: Pimp Your LinkedIn Profile

January 9, 2012   Uncategorized

Join me this Thursday, Jan 12, at 12pm Eastern (9am Pacific), for a webinar on how to build a LinkedIn profile that drives business results. Here’s why: In October 2011, LinkedIn invited Ajax Social Media’s social coaches to work with participants at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect 2011 user conference. The results? 98% of coaching participants said [...]

 

The Reality of Authenticity

January 8, 2012   Personal

What does it feel like to find your authentic self? Actually, sometimes, it can get scary as hell. Some days, you lie there in bed, staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night, praying. Praying that the people who love you never find out what a fraud you are. Praying that you like [...]

 

Looking Left Means I’m Lying & Some Other Bullshit

January 4, 2012   Self-Development

When I used to do executive assessments, people would ask me all the time, “What do you do if someone’s lying to you?” And I’d say, “What do you mean, ‘if’?” I assumed everyone was lying to me. Or more accurately, I assumed everyone was selling a particular point of view. Still do. When I’m [...]

 

Managers: 10 Ways To Drive Results with Social Media

January 2, 2012   Uncategorized

Let’s start the year off with a bang: managers, here are 10 things you need to do to turn social media into a business tool that will increase your team’s results: Attitude is everything. Like Woody Allen said, “90% of success is showing up.” So show up already—in body and spirit. Stop shaking your head [...]

 

Readers’ Choice: 2011

December 29, 2011   Current Trends

Is any preamble necessary at all? My top ten 2011 blog posts: 1. How to Surround Yourself with People Better than Yourself 2. How to Connect at a Conference… Or, I Can’t See Your IQ from Across the Room 3. The Secret to Using Twitter 4. 5 Steps to Either Total Success or Total Failure [...]

 

My Favorite Moment from Yesterday

December 27, 2011   Personal

Jaz and I spent a lot of time together yesterday, doing a lot of very fun activities. My favorite? Our daddy-daugher dinner date. Even though it was already dark out when we left the beach house (I’m based out of Sanibel here for a few days), she put on her sunglasses. Totally unnecessary. So naturally, [...]

 

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