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It is an almost lost art that is coming back. The cold call.

Whether in person or on the phone, calling someone for business purposes “out of the blue” is alive and well. Read More...

I’m in Las Vegas this week relentless networking at the 2010 Exhibitor’s Show.

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Whenever you engage in conversation, there are a number of things to remember–particularly that the key word is “engage.” You can kill a conversation very easily by committing one of these sins:

1. Hijacking a conversation
2. Lack of eye contact
3. Ghost listening
4. Shameless self promotion
5. Making tasteless jokes
6. Being negative
7. Dead-end answers

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The Dallas Business Journal arrives in the mail every Friday. I usually, pull it immediately and glance through it to get the gist of the week’s business happenings in our town (region, area–I understand I can’t say “Metroplex” any longer as the Dallas Morning News has banned it–we now say “North Texas).

Last week’s edition was personal and made a point with me. There I was, good old Relentless, at the bottom of the page and then inside in the “Two Minutes With” feature. It was exciting and a bit painful at the same time. Read More...

The terminology may not be precisely right, but you get the idea: your image, bio and other details of your professional life are out there in cyberspace.

For example, you change your LinkedIn profile in any way and your whole network (”connections”) gets a notification. Read More...

In every conversation, we have to remember that it is just that–an exchange, an equal trading of information.

And, really, it shouldn’t be about you. Read More...

There are lots of ways we prepare for a meeting–collect our thoughts, review our notes, rehearse, make sure we have enough business cards.

But what about the physical side of things? Did you stretch? Are you relaxed? It’s not like you are going to pull a muscle or anything when you walk into that reception, but you could not be clear headed. Read More...

It is the expected and hoped for outcome of the networking or leads meeting: the one-on-one follow up meeting.

At a networking event today, a participant stood up and gave this description of a typical one-on-one meeting between newly connected networkers: Read More...

A night at the symphony can be relaxing and a break from the regular routine of life. An escape and an improved awareness of the culture around us.

But who knew there were “Golden Rules”? Read More...