This afternoon I facilitated a session on Networking IRL (In Real Life) for Young Professionals of Central Virginia. Here’s my slide deck. I’d love to know what you think.
Networking In Real Life (IRL)
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Earthquake in Haiti Shakes My MorningThis morning I had an early meeting scheduled with Rusty Goodwin and Noel Yeatts at World Help to discuss their Twitter strategy. World Help is a nondenominational Christian organization that was founded to meet the spiritual and physical needs of hurting people around the world. They are taking seriously the [...]

A couple of days ago I received a phone call from Niro Rasanayagam, Co-Director of the Small Business Development Center in Lynchburg. She wanted my recommendation on a few social media books to buy for use in their lending library. I’m recommending three books, not because their aren’t many more out there. There are tons. [...]

Servant Spirit is foundational.
Last week I presented “Selected Squared” to a group of managers in an organization of nearly 1,000 employees. Click here to view the original post that contains the Select Squared slidedeck.
At every level in outstanding organizations, leaders and employees embrace a spirit of service to others that is reflected in their behaviors. [...]

Watch video below to enjoy Jefferson Graham’s inteview of Scott Marlette of Facebook, on the rise of the social network’s photo sharing popularity. (I apologize that the video begins automatically upon opening this post – a personal pet peeve – and the brief Priceline ad. This is an embed code from USA Today and I [...]

I went to The Muse Coffee Co. in Wyndhurst yesterday to meet with @lisahbryant. As soon as I walked in the door, Brian greeted me by name. This might not seem remarkable to you. Lots of people greet customers by name in coffee shops every day. Except I’ve only been in The Muse a couple [...]

I saw three wise men yesterday at Starbucks and it’s not even Christmas time! They were meeting to solve local and world problems and basically just “chew the fat” (southern colloquialism for sitting around talking about everything and nothing in particular). And they did this every day, sometimes with a few more wise men, sometimes [...]

Tonight I was doing a search on Twitter to see who was talking about Lynchburg. You can follow that real time search here. That’s when I found this tweet:

I’ve known Ken Garren, President of Lynchburg College, (LC) for several years and actually had the privilege of attending his inaugural ball. I’ve seen him and his [...]

Just moments ago Jennifer Bailey and I presented Women, Influence & Social Media to a group of Lynchburg business and non-profit professionals. Our goal was to decrease some of the mystery and intimidation associated with social media in order to make it accessible, which really is the point. Take a look at the presentation below [...]

I’m looking forward to speaking at “Women, Influence & Social Media,” an upcoming luncheon meeting on Wednesday, April 29 in Lynchburg.

Here’s the Basic Event Info:
We all have a story. We have visions, and goals, and passions. Women have traditionally relied on word of mouth and our networks of friends to communicate and have influence. But [...]