Networking is building personal relationships and one of the main ingredients necessary for building a personal relationship is contact. You need to reach out and touch someone as often as possible without it feeling forced. One way to ensure contact with others is for you to create opportunities for that contact. One way to create [...]

Hello David, Bruce, Peggy, Art and the rest of the Group. You have to wonder how much further we can go with the A’s but I wanted to add a few more. Absorb, Accentuate and Applaud. Absorb as much useful information as you can then Act upon that information. Answer this question. Five frogs are [...]

Thank you, Jolie Haupert, for your comment and thank you Rick Trompak for posting the question. A great question to ask someone when attempting to start a conversation is, “What are you looking forward to?” Ninety-five percent of the time the first thing a person is going to say is, “What am I looking forward [...]

If you read my original blog entry “REMEMBER TO BRING THE ORCHESTRA” you read how I associated the use of interpersonal communication skills to a conductor directing a symphony orchestra. You need to have sound interpersonal communication skills at your disposal at any given moment. One thing I did not mention is the fact that [...]

Hello Everyone, I want to thank Rich, Duane Llewellyn and Rick for your recent contributions. Just as in any session you have been to you know you are encouraged to speak up. This is a NETWORKING group. You need to join in and Assimilate (learn) how to use this social media tool. Every time you [...]

LISTEN UP doesn’t just teach you how to NETWORK we look at NETWORKING AS A SCIENCE. You will often hear us talk about bringing the Orchestra. What that means is to remember and use the hundreds of tiny skills required to truly and interpersonally connect with others. The ability to blend the entire compilation of [...]

LISTEN UP is continuing to expand. Beginning with the new group LISTEN UP NETWORKING. Please join and interact with others as we share our insights and experiences regarding all aspects of networking. We want to know what you think so please answer our first question involving the ABC’s of NETWORKING. You will be glad to [...]