Networking Know-How with Diane K. Danielson
By Diane K. Danielson Last updated: Thu Oct 8, 2009 9:39pm PDT-
Last week I read an
interesting article about why women's networks are not as effective as
men's by Kevin Fogarty on Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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This week a fascinating set
of data was released that shows women dominating social
media. Apparently, women outnumber men on Facebook,
Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, Classmates, MySpace, Hi5 and
del.icio.us. Women tie men on LinkedIn, YouTube and
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Sunday night's Emmy's were great or dull depending on whether you were an NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) fan or not. I fall in the former camp, which was a good thing since the fashions were a little on the dull side. But, this year, I actually focused on the speeches and found some good examples of how to give an effective thank you speech. Sure, we might not all be getting an Oscar or Emmy, but there are times when you may be called upon to give a thank you speech and here are 6 tips from the broadcast. Read More »
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I admit "America's Next Top Model" is one of my guilty pleasures. I'm fascinated to see how all the photos turn out. I really could not care less about the rest of it (especially when we no longer have the Janice Dickinson train wreck to watch). However, this week’s episode struck me as one of the most realistic in all 13 seasons.
Modeling, for better or worse, is a business and a much less glamorous one than most would think. This season, and in the last episode especially, we got to see a few good business lessons in action.
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A lot of people have recently sent me this Wall Street Journal
article about
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When it comes to Time Management and Facebook, the ROI (return on interest) to compare is networking. I currently check in with Facebook more than my previous once per day/couple times per… Read More »
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Without taking any sides here, I thought I would point out some lessons that we can all take away from this debate for the next time we have a big meeting or are being grilled in an interview. Both candidates exceeded expectations and if any of us did that well under tough circumstances, we would be thrilled. Here are a few points that caught my attention. Read More »
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Over the past month I've had several people mention to me their "Twitter" usernames. Now I've been watching this phenomena for a while, trying to decide whether to hop on and start "twittering," but always putting it off. Yet, after sitting through a few... Read More »
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Ellen Goodman does a great job of capturing the pathetic treatment of Lilly Ledbetter and the rest of our gender when it comes to wage equality in Friday's Boston Globe:
"The idea that the wage gap might be because of, um, sex discrimination seems soooo 20th century. In fact, the Supreme Court implied that Lilly Ledbetter's lower paycheck was her own fault because she didn't start investigating her employer for sex discrimination as soon as she started her job.
As for the conductor of the Straight Talk Express? McCain said he was all in favor of equal pay for equal work, but that women don't need lawsuits, they need "education and training." So let's begin with a couple of basics.
Lesson One: An unequal paycheck is a thief that keeps on taking. Even in retirement, Ledbetter is still, in her own words, "a second-class worker" with a pension and Social Security check that carry Goodyear's bite marks.
Lesson Two: In 2008, the Republicans are partying - "political partying" - like it's 1964."
Click here to read the full story.
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[Ed. note: Miriam Salpeter offers some good advice on face-to-face networking for introverts in the previous post. But many of us are networking online, introverts and extroverts alike, so Diane Danielson tells us how to pay attention to what we put in the subject line of emails and social-network messages.]
Choose your subject line carefully. Just as you can’t win a point in tennis if you can’t even get the ball into play; you can’t network effectively if your emails don’t get past spam filters and the receiver’s delete button. Many people today receive over a hundred or more emails each day and don't have time to open them all. The more descriptive you are in your subject line, the better chance you have of getting them to read your email.
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