When I stand in the front of the room, sit in a coffee shop, type on my blog, and talk about the importance of meeting new people, I 100% believe this to be important and I practice this myself. There are no excuses not to meet new people every day. Any one can do it if they try. I've said it before, I'll say it again, I am an introvert. I generally do not like following this advice, but do it anyway because I know how important it is.
Last night, I had the opportunity to sit with 5 people who are practicing and preaching this as well. (More about why I sat with these people in a future post, because it is a work-in-progress).
Dr. Neil Hair is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Saunders School of Business at RIT. I confessed to him last night that he was the first person I followed on Twitter. Dr. Hair teaches Marketing...he actually lives and breaths it too. He is talented, engaging and on the cutting edge of what personal and professional marketing is all about. He maintains a website worthy of visiting: http://www.neilhair.com/ and you too, can follow him on Twitter @neilhair
Steven Tylock is the author of the first book on LinkedIn, The LinkedIn Personal Trainer. Steve speaks at various venues around Rochester. One of Steve's missions is to get people to use LinkedIn while employed to grow and nurture their contacts and network. Help Steve spread this important message, because developing your network from scratch after a layoff is plain old difficult. http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/.
Deborah Mourey is a marketing professional with years of experience and now she's added social media to her arsenal of marketing expertise. Deborah speaks and writes on the use of social media. These tools help grow personal and professional networks. I loved Deborah's use of the analogy (and I hope I get it right): "If LinkedIn is like a Professional Conference and Facebook is like a backyard barbe que, then Twitter is like a cocktail party". Deborah is the Social Media Sherpa. Her blog which provides advice to jobs seekers is http://www.hellinthehallway.net/. Follow Deborah on Twitter @dmourey
David Pope, AKA, The PDA Teacher, has been training people for years on the use of hand held devices. Obviously, the advancement of technology has taken David's courses on to smart phones. David is savvy and a talented presenter. He is an advocate of Toastmasters and a poster child of how Toastmasters can help develop professional communication skills. David credits most of his success in growing his business activities to LinkedIn and Facebook. Read his website http://www.thepdaschool.com/index.html and follow him on Twitter @pdateacher
Last but not least, Carol White-Llewellyn is a creative genius. She is a marketer, promoter, writer and more. Carol's network is vast and she nurtures it well. I enjoy learning from Carol in every conversation I have with her. Carol has several careers she's masterfully juggling right now. To see her work in action, you can visit http://travelmaven.wordpress.com/ and follow Carol on Twitter @TheTravelmaven
Meet new people every day. You never know what will happen or where it might take you!
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