One of the things I find so amazing about online networking is how the way we look at friendship has changed. Using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other related services have allowed us to "friend" others and in doing so, set up a potential long-lasting relationship.
In many cases, friendships can develop despite having never met in person. Case in point, through LinkedIn, I have developed several wonderful relationships with individuals that I have emailed, Skyped, even conversed with over the phone but never had the traditional face-to-face.
This past week on a recent business trip to Providence, Rhode Island I had the chance to physically meet one of my many long-time connections: Jessan Dunn-Otis, whom we've featured in the pages of TNNW before. I affectionately call Jessan the "Garrison Keillor" of Rhode Island as she has stories upon stories to share of growing up in and around Providence.
We met on a very rainy Friday night at McFadden's Irish Pub on Pine Street and proceeded on a very soggy, yet wonderful walking tour of a city I knew very little about. What was really cool about our roughly 4 mile trip was talking face-to-face with a person I already knew so well while walking along the Providence River, seeing Brown University, gazing upon the large statue of Roger Williams overlooking the city from College Hill before ending our journey at the famous Haven Brothers Diner - a walk-in trailer/lunch cart.
Thank you Jessan for the wonderful tour! Can't wait go back to my new favorite little city.
In other news, we are delighted to have Dr. Franco Oboni joining the TNNW family this week. Dr. Oboni is the Founder of Riskope, an global risk assessment/crisis management firm and is an internationally-recognized authority on the subject. As one of our main interests at TNNW is globalization/internationalization, we were so excited when Dr. Oboni decided to write for us. Each month, Dr. Oboni will bring us his new column, Information Warfare Risk Management to talk about what he knows best. WELCOME DR. OBONI!!!
As always, I look forward to Networking with you,
Adam
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