OK...so it's now a brand new year and already I am getting tired of hearing about "resolutions". How about you? I just know that every professional or life coach is going to send me an email about "making sure all my resolutions become a reality" (with all due respect to those coaches out there - many of them are my friends, and one them is my own brother). I even saw a group of co-hosts of a morning show on TV talk about how they won't even make resolutions anymore because they know they won't be following them.
Isn't it a shame that an idea like a "resolution" has become such a joke? It's become synonymous with "something you tell people to look prestigious yet meaningless due to the convenience of a back door so you can gracefully back out". NO ONE TAKES RESOLUTIONS SERIOUSLY ANYMORE.
In a recent debate with TNNW's Vice Chairman and my blood-brother-in-arms, Douglas Castle (who, by the way, wrote an excellent article with his own predictions for the next 7 years called Futurescape: The Next Seven Years on our daily RSS and email feed) he shared his concern that the term "networking", much like "resolution" has become so overused and meaningless. The ensuing debate inspired Douglas' article this month "Who are you and why are you here?" - THE NEED TO STATE YOUR MISSION.
Since I started THE NATIONAL NETWORKER NEWSLETTER nearly 5 years ago, I felt at that time that the word "networking" was overused and misunderstood, and set out to build a publication that would educate people as to what it really is and how it can be utilized in a number of ways. Of course the nature of our articles have expanded because as Douglas stated to me, "networking is only the beginning". I couldn't agree more.
Another area in which Douglas and I agree is that we will not be making any resolutions this year. Instead, we have made plans, and for those who know us well, we follow through on all of our plans and we make good on them.
This year as we approach our five year anniversary next month, expect to see more from THE NATIONAL NETWORKER COMPANIES, the world's first Global Internetworked Collaborative Business Community (GICBC). Expect to see more about our suite of proprietary services like news releases and Buzzworks services, as well as several new ones. Expect to see new writers - we have four new ones this month. Expect to see our latest version of our tastelessly-named The National Newspicker, your link to the top news sources around the globe - available now at our website. Expect to see more of The BLUE TUESDAY Report, filled with additional intelligence including TNNW Surveys, Amazing Facts, Featured Company of the Week, Featured Deal of the Week, Most Memorable Quotes, Websites and Blogs to Explore and our BackTalk section where your voice is not only heard, but published as well. Lastly, expect to see an overhauled TNNW website, providing a much easier means of navigation to the articles you want to read, the information you want to see and the services we know you will come to rely upon.
We here at TNNW are real excited for what 2010 will bring and we hope you are too. Glad to have you with us!
All my best,
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