Monthly Archives: November 2011

Networking Can Help You Realize Your Dreams, Part 3

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PUBLIC SPEAKING
Kirby Tepper, president, American Public Speaking Training

1. Recognize that every holiday event is a potential networking possibility. Take advantage of every office party, neighborhood event, and extracurricular church activity to be a promoter of your business. What a great way to meet people and let them know who you are. You’ll meet new people, solidify relationships, and do something good all at the same time. Also, be careful how much you drink at Christmas parties. You never know what kind of damage you can do by acting inappropriately at an office party or other function. Continue reading →

What Small Business Can Get From the Net. Part 1

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To a small businessperson, the Internet can seem dark and mysterious, full of techno-babble and confusing terminology.

Many small business executives wonder, “what can the Internet do for me?” Plenty of things — it can save you money, it can help you track topics that you are interested in, and it can be a method by which you provide customer and client support. Continue reading →

Networking Can Help You Realize Your Dreams, Part 2

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To show you how to make the most of this holiday season, we asked top professional-networking experts whom we interviewed during 2002 to return for a repeat performance. This time we asked the experts just two questions:
What are your top networking tips for the holiday season?
What’s your top networking tip for the new year? Continue reading →

Internet – It’s Today’s Rock and Roll. Part 1

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Every once in a while, your editor refuses to print an article. I wrote the following article in May 1995 for one of my columns. I was angry, in a bad mood — I had just finished yet another “isn’t the Internet full of dirty pictures” with one of those brain dead reporters who find it necessary to hype the sensational aspects of the Internet. Continue reading →