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Business Networking Made Easy: Tips for Improving Your Social Capital

Posted by on March 16, 2009 Comments Off
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Sarah Michelby Sarah Michel

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 and social capital than now.

I have lived through several recessions in my lifetime and the one consistent observation I’ve made is how people seem to shift their priorities to focus on what really matters during lean times…relationships.  This is the time to start reaching out to people in your network and looking for ways to be a resource to others to increase your netWORTH™.

Your netWORTH™ is determined by your access and influence (which I call your “A & I factor”) that you have with your network.  Now is a great time to gain access to people you want to meet or have not seen in a while because business is slower and people are more available.  You will gain more influence when you focus on bringing value to others and commit to being a resource.  Approach your network with your arms open. Read more »

The Hyperconnected Society

Posted by on August 1, 2008 No comments
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Gina Schreckby Gina Schreck

In the past 7 days, I have Linked In with 23 people, written on my daughter’s Face Book wall, sent 3 Jott messages to myself (my memory isn’t as good as it used to be), and read at least 12 Jott messages from our daughter’s soccer coach, who uses it constantly to send broadcast messages out to the parents and girls. I set up a new Ning network to check it out and see what that has to offer after reading an article in Fast Company. I have attended 3 different meetings in Second Life with my avatar, where I met two new business contacts on our island, and even “followed” my husband’s appointment activities using Twitter.

In that same week, I listened to 3 podcasts on different business topics, took some short video footage of my daughter’s winning football toss at field day using my Flip Video camcorder (where, by the way, she whooped all the boys), and then loaded them onto YouTube so her friends could watch them. I constantly use the Bluetooth connection in my car to talk on my cell phone, and can’t live without “Gloria,” my GPS (Gloria Petunia Schreck is the name my daughters gave her), to find me the closest Starbucks!

At Synapse 3Di, not only am I one of the founders, but I am the DIGITAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER. My job is to help those of us over the age of 35 immigrate into this foreign land of digital technology. While I have accounts and profiles at all of these places and I am more connected than a person really has a need for, I do not consider myself a “hyperconnected” individual. I check my email and text messages throughout the day, but check in on most of the other accounts perhaps 3 or 4 times a week. But look at those 20-somethings in our work environments or in our homes: they are connected 24/7—at work, home, restaurants, everywhere. They are hyperconnected! Read more »

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