November 9, 2007 Priscilla Rice interviews Dr. Ivan Misner about being out of line online. After receiving a completely inappropriate message from a stranger attacking a new member of one of the online networks he belongs to, Dr. Misner wrote an impassioned blog and got 43 comments!
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Friday, November 09, 2007
BNI Weekly Podcast: Priscilla Rice interviews Dr. Ivan Misner
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Networker's Maxim: Remember the Work
Scott Morgan staff writer for U.S. 1 interviewed Adam J. Kovitz for the November 7th edition.
Here' s a reprint of the article...
Networker's Maxim: Remember the Work
Adam Kovitz, by anyone's definition, is a smart man - an actual rocket scientist-turned-networking guru who almost single-handedly has accepted the responsibility of dragging some very tired old networking cliches into the 21st century. Simply "working the room" and collecting business cards and seeing old friends at the chamber of commerce meeting is no longer good enough. Networking today requires an investment.
The currency? Relationships.
"People aren't irrelevant," the 38-year-old Kovitz says from his suburban
Those relationships, in turn, become what Kovitz refers to as "a constantly evolving portfolio of assets;" a living, breathing network of mutually beneficial relationships that, regardless of your business, make up what Kovitz considers the most important single measure of success - relationship capital.
"Financial capital is merely a reflection of relationship capital," he says. "You can't measure wealth without measuring relationships." He will describe ways to accumulate such a portfolio of business assets at a breakfast seminar entitled "Networking to Grow Your Business" for the Princeton Regional Chamber on Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 a.m. at the Nassau Club,
Another networking seminar in this time period will be on Monday, November 12, at 6 p.m. at
At his seminar Kovitz will delve less into the airy concepts of human relationships and more into the nuts and bolts of effective networking. For example:
Building a networking inventory, through which you know who your strongest assets are.
Ranking business relationships to find who are the most and least beneficial - and then finding ways to strengthen the weak spots.
Recognizing the tit for tat factor. Productive business relationships go both ways. If you can help someone else, that person can help you. This can be as simple as asking yourself, "Do I have a business that complements another?" A contractor who knows a real estate agent is in a good position to build a lasting relationship.
"It takes a certain psychology," Kovitz says, "certain `soft skills.' Most people would rather socialize, but they have to learn to use each other (as assets) to do business."
This, of course, takes work, and Kovitz makes no attempt to hide the second half of word "networking." Citing an increasingly popular refrain within the networking industry, Kovitz says, "It's not net-sitting; it's not net-eating. It's net-working."
And networking, he says, should not be viewed as yet another thing to take care of, but as an essential - indeed, the most essential - aspect of a business' operation.
"Networking is the way you build your business," he says, relating it to someone starting a new job. On the first day of work, he says, a new employee needs to know who to turn to in any situation - who is giving the work, who will be receiving the work and who takes care of trouble when it brews.
"That's all a network," he says. "It's working to figure all that out."
Kovitz's perspectives (and his growing success in the networking industry) are a combination of experience, hard work, book smarts, and heredity. After graduating from
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Global MindShift
www.Global-MindShift.org offers expanded networking features... conversation capabilities... and powerful new search tools
Their mission is to help make the emergence of a global community unstoppable. They're averaging 20,000 unique visitors per month. And 3,000 new members signed up in the last six months alone, from more than 100 different countries.
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Create your own conversation, or join an ongoing topic. You'll discover an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about our collective future, and how we can work together for the benefit of all life.
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Check out their library of visionary videos, thought provoking presentations, and cartoons that pack a punch.
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Use the new search feature to find like-minded people, organizations and resources, in your region or around the world.
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Frivolous Facebook Fridays?
By Paul Barsch
Marketing Profs Daily Fix
The use of social networking tools hasn’t exactly taken off in the workplace as many employers are banning the use of Facebook, MySpace and other online communities as a time waster. However, one company is aggressively asking employees to use Facebook to build relationships with each other and customers. Will it work?
Recently, Business Week had a brief article titled, “Now Social Networking Fridays” that described one company’s attempt at using social networking tools to improve recruiting, networking and even employee morale. The company in question, Serena Software, has launched “Facebook Fridays” where employees are asked to spend one hour each Friday to “update their profiles, collaborate with colleagues and clients, and recruit for Serena.”
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
The National Networker Channel launches in November
This month we launch The National Networker Channel and our aptly-titled, "The National Networker Show". Upcoming guests include:
- Dr. Susan Barnes, Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology's Social Computing Lab who recently received a grant of $150,000 to research social networking and introduce networking as a field of study.
- Peter Biadasz, author of "More Leads", The Power Series, the upcoming "Increase Your Sales and Lower Your Golf Score" and Southern Plains Bureau Chief for TNNW.
- Dean Lindsay, "Sales-and-Networking Guru", speaker, trainer, coach and author of "Cracking the Networking CODE" and the upcoming "The Progress Principle"
- Mike Orshan, Principal of Link to Your World, host of "The Rise of the Individual" and "Building Bridges not Walls", former Director of Science and Technology for State of New Mexico, appointed by Presidential Candidate, Senator Bill Richardson.
- Sian Lindemann, consultant, who launched the careers of several prominent visual and performing artists as well as Arts & Entertainment Editor for TNNW.
- Lillian Bjorseth, speaker, trainer and author of "Breakthrough Networking: Building Relationships That Last", "52 Ways to Break the Ice & Target Your Market", and the "Nothing Happens Until We Communicate CD" and workbook series.
The National Networker Channel will also feature our own Ron Sukenick in his show "Beyond Networking: Being with Ron Sukenick" as well as others. Stay tuned!
For those of our subscribers who wish to have their own podcasts on The National Networker Channel, please contact our Channel Administrator, David Wolf.
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Yahoo's New "Kickstart" Social Network
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By Peter
In other words, can users present a professional and polished image and still maintain a casual, friendly social network. The verdict is still out on this question, but so far Kickstart at least looks like it strikes a fair balance ...
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Father of web 2.0 slams Google OpenSocial
Lack of data sharing means platform misses the mark
Tim O'Reilly, the father of the term 'web 2.0', has denounced Google's OpenSocial as "boring" and a "full blown disappointment".
OpenSocial offers a standard for applications on social networks that allow developers to market applications on any network supporting the standard. Early supporters include Plaxo, LinkedIn, MySpace and Google's Orkut.
The standard does not unlock data from the participating network, however, which might have allowed a MySpace user to exchange messages with a LinkedIn user, for example.
The service also will not allow the use of social search engines that let users locate friends across all networks.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Power Thought of the Week: Your Network is your Safety Net
By Patricia Parham, Ph.D., Contributing Writer Pat's Bio Email article to a friend
Building strong networks provides a measure of safety and preparation for any eventuality that comes into your business and life. Whether it is a family emergency or a supplier delay, your network provides a cushion, supportive resources to fill the void. Your safety net is filled by your good deeds which create good will for you and your business. In the spirit of the movie, “Pay It Forward” to keep your safety net strong.
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Strategy: What Say You?
By Jay Deragon, Contributing Writer; Jay's Bio Email article to a friend 
Think young, act BIG.
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch made a statement during the company’s annual meeting last week where he said: “We’re only at the beginning of two of the most profound social and economic trends of our age–globalization and digitalization,” rattling off a few of the company’s milestones of the past year.
Besides Fox Interactive and all the other News Corp properties, much of Murdoch’s emphasis was on the success of MySpace and the fact that it turned profitable within the past year. Murdoch’s often refers to the success of news Corp being centered around creativity aimed at the globalization and digitalization in the new economy. News Corp has been known and for “breaking away from the traditional and creating the new”.
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Going from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
"Beyond Networking"
Being with Ron Sukenick
Contributing Writer Ron's Bio Email article to a friend
Strategy Eleven: Moving into Legendary Status:
Going from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
“Go beyond the ordinary and create the extraordinary” – Ron Sukenick
I had the chance a few years back to host a radio talk show. It was a weekly Saturday morning get together of people who would interact with the audience sharing ideas, information and other resources.
The topics focused on building business strategies to use to create the level of success for which we are looking.
About a year and a half into the show, I realized that the demands were getting greater and that people’s expectations were becoming unfulfilled.
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Relationship Building 101 – Basic Training for Business Success
By Bill Doerr, Sales & Marketing Editor Bill's Bio Email article to a friend
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Annual Conference of Council of Multiple Listing Service
By Scott R. Forcino P.C., Attorney at Law, Real Estate Editor Email article RSS feed 
This month I attended an event in Seattle, Washington. It was an annual conference hosted by the Council of Multiple Listing Service. Speakers included highly recognized local and national professionals who address current real estate industry topics, including technology and legal updates. Some of these speakers were professors and some were attorneys in private practice or in the employ of the Federal Government. Also present was a tradeshow of thirty-five (35) MLS-related vendors.
Over ninety (90) association-executives/board officers came to the conference. They represented over 35 states and Canada. They dined over breakfast, lunch and dinner (realtors love to eat), attended workshops/educational seminars for most of the two (2) days. During breaks, these officers met the vendors who exhibited in the main lobby. This represented a great opportunity to learn more about the vendors’ offerings and services. Contracts were signed and follow-up dates were scheduled. These vendors all served the real estate industry and were technology-centric.
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The Impact of Publications on Networking (Part 1)
By Matthew Best, Political Editor Matthew's Bio Email article to a friend
Here are a few questions for you – how do publications affect networking? Do networks affect publications? Which came first the publication or the network?
These are questions you probably hadn’t thought of, but are certainly interesting to ponder. I decided to tackle those very questions by looking at the world of political publications. I interviewed individuals from a traditional print publication and from an online publication. Also, to make this a balanced look, I interviewed individuals from both the left and right side of the political spectrum to see what their thoughts were. I think you’ll find the answers interesting.
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Finding Target Companies to Network Into
By Jason Alba, Career Transition Editor Jason's Bio Email article RSS feed
I recently got an e-mail from Devin Thorpe of MidMarketMaven, who said "This list includes over 100 great companies for finding jobs." It had an attachment with the 100 companies that received awards and recognitions for fast-growing local companies from the Mountain West Capital Network (MWCN).
I would have loved to have a list like this handed to me with my last paycheck! Remember, when I got let go I was fairly new to the state, and didn’t know what companies I should approach. I would drive down the highway and list the companies that had signs, but there had to be thousands of companies that I would miss, right?
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If the glove doesn’t fit...
By Danielle Lum, Hawaii Bureau Chief Danielle's Bio Email article RSS feed
I recently took the big step of quitting my 9-5 job and becoming my boss. After having a guaranteed paycheck for two decades, I now would have to hustle, find clients, and fulfill contracts to get paid. It was spooky to say the least.
One thing I had on my side was a great network of people who knew what I could do and were willing to be my first clients. Whew. But I knew that I had to find more clients and the way to do it was by building and expanding my network.
I had always stayed away from networking events in the past. I’m shy and reserved by nature, so while I was okay in small group situations, large gatherings always left me tongue tied and standing in a corner. Seriously, a root canal was preferable to being in a large group of people. But now my very livelihood depended on me getting out, meeting people, and selling myself.
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The New Girl Network
Kathy and Louis Emond, New England Bureau Chiefs Bios Email article RSS feed 
As you may know, we sponsor a speakers series for growing businesses in New Hampshire. At the beginning of each session, we ask attendees to introduce themselves, share what they do professionally and how they heard about us. One month, 6 or 8 people said, “It was announced at the New Girl Network meeting.” We decided we needed to find out more about this group. So we set up an appointment with the Founding Mothers.
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The 102nd China Import and Export Fair, Part 1
By Victor Cattermole, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief Victor's Bio Email article RSS feed
China’s economy is unquestionably booming and it is near impossible to spend a week not being the recipient of a product that has not come out of China. I decided to take a road trip from Hong Kong to Guangzhou to visit the 102nd China Import and Export Fair to see just how China does business.
The first thing about travel in to China for business is it pays to have a local contact someone who can speak the languages, I say languages because Chinese generally speak either Cantonese (in the south) or Mandarin (in the north).
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The Laws of Relationship Capital, Part 2: The Second Law
By Adam J. Kovitz, CEO, Editor-in-Chief Adam's Bio Email article RSS feed 
A few months ago, I introduced TNNW readers to the concept of Relationship Capital in my article Can Relationship Capital Solve the World’s Problems? Last month, I introduced the First Law of Relationship Capital:
All organic entities (living or at one time having lived) possess and have the potential to create Relationship Capital
Like I’ve stated previously, "It is my hope through this series of articles to encourage discussion and debate amongst business leaders, academia, thought leaders and the socially and environmentally conscious who wish to benefit from networking. It is also my intention to discuss this at the "flying at 80,000 feet" as there is much more to each law than presented here."
The Second Law
The First Law deals with organisms that follow biological taxonomy, but what about non-organic things? Don’t we have relationships with cars, works of art and computers? The answer is undoubtedly "yes", but how does Relationship Capital work with non-organics? This is where the Second Law comes in:
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Thursday (Nov 8th) is the Day-long Personal Branding Summit.
To mark the 10th Anniversary of personal branding, on November 8th
A Brand You World is providing 24 free teleseminars with experts in the field of personal branding. Anyone in the world with a telephone will be able to participate in this live event.
This event has content streams for career success, entrepreneurial success and talent management. So, whether you are a corporate professional, an entrepreneur, or a HR manager challenged with the need to attract and retain great people, you will take away actionable knowledge from attending.
The Jibber Jobber link will show you the full schedule
More information.
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The Emergence of The Relationship Economy
The Emergence of the Relationship Economy features TNNWC Founder, Adam J. Kovitz as a contributing author and contains some of his early work on The Laws of Relationship Capital. The book is available in hardcopy and e-book formats. With a forward written by Doc Searls (of Cluetrain Manifesto fame), it is considered a "must read" for anyone responsible for the strategic direction of their business. If you would like to purchase your own copy, please click the image above.
