Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Linkedin Boomers
Linkedin Boomers is conceived of as a discussion and networking group to help Baby Boomers in that vital part of the US population between ages of 38-56 help each other find employment, build companies, and/or champion their causes.
It's estimated that Boomers currently comprise about 50% of the US population.* Certainly, this age group remains vital to the health of both the US economy as well as the strength of companies which need their skills, work experience, and good work habits. Oh, and those companies also need Boomers' energy, creativity, and audacity, too! (Some of us are still pretty hot! :-))
Thus, this group is for the young at heart mature person and the mature at mind young person. I think we can all get along! Besides, my age is NOT MY FAULT!(
Linkedin Boomers is a private discussion group that takes a serious approach to employing people with an abundance and talent AND success.
At the same time, those of us who are Boomers, know that there is a lot of positive humor, joy, zest, zeal, enthusiasm, motivation, and energy remaining in us. Those attitudes and qualities should never be wasted by any company, community, culture, or country calling itself responsible or caring.
So, don't let a lack of familiarity with Baby Boomers keep you from meeting, hiring, and working with some exceptional people. People who can definitely help your business.
It's estimated that Boomers currently comprise about 50% of the US population.* Certainly, this age group remains vital to the health of both the US economy as well as the strength of companies which need their skills, work experience, and good work habits. Oh, and those companies also need Boomers' energy, creativity, and audacity, too! (Some of us are still pretty hot! :-))
Thus, this group is for the young at heart mature person and the mature at mind young person. I think we can all get along! Besides, my age is NOT MY FAULT!(
Linkedin Boomers is a private discussion group that takes a serious approach to employing people with an abundance and talent AND success.
At the same time, those of us who are Boomers, know that there is a lot of positive humor, joy, zest, zeal, enthusiasm, motivation, and energy remaining in us. Those attitudes and qualities should never be wasted by any company, community, culture, or country calling itself responsible or caring.
So, don't let a lack of familiarity with Baby Boomers keep you from meeting, hiring, and working with some exceptional people. People who can definitely help your business.
Linkedin Boomers
Linkedin Boomers is conceived of as a discussion and networking group to help Baby Boomers in that vital part of the US population between ages of 38-56 help each other find employment, build companies, and/or champion their causes.
It's estimated that Boomers currently comprise about 50% of the US population.* Certainly, this age group remains vital to the health of both the US economy as well as the strength of companies which need their skills, work experience, and good work habits. Oh, and those companies also need Boomers' energy, creativity, and audacity, too! (Some of us are still pretty hot! :-))
Thus, this group is for the young at heart mature person and the mature at mind young person. I think we can all get along! Besides, my age is NOT MY FAULT!(
Linkedin Boomers is a private discussion group that takes a serious approach to employing people with an abundance and talent AND success.
At the same time, those of us who are Boomers, know that there is a lot of positive humor, joy, zest, zeal, enthusiasm, motivation, and energy remaining in us. Those attitudes and qualities should never be wasted by any company, community, culture, or country calling itself responsible or caring.
So, don't let a lack of familiarity with Baby Boomers keep you from meeting, hiring, and working with some exceptional people. People who can definitely help your business.
It's estimated that Boomers currently comprise about 50% of the US population.* Certainly, this age group remains vital to the health of both the US economy as well as the strength of companies which need their skills, work experience, and good work habits. Oh, and those companies also need Boomers' energy, creativity, and audacity, too! (Some of us are still pretty hot! :-))
Thus, this group is for the young at heart mature person and the mature at mind young person. I think we can all get along! Besides, my age is NOT MY FAULT!(
Linkedin Boomers is a private discussion group that takes a serious approach to employing people with an abundance and talent AND success.
At the same time, those of us who are Boomers, know that there is a lot of positive humor, joy, zest, zeal, enthusiasm, motivation, and energy remaining in us. Those attitudes and qualities should never be wasted by any company, community, culture, or country calling itself responsible or caring.
So, don't let a lack of familiarity with Baby Boomers keep you from meeting, hiring, and working with some exceptional people. People who can definitely help your business.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Paul Dube Joins MyJobTIGER as Moderator
A brief note to let you know that Paul Dube has joined
me as a moderator of MyJobTIGER.
As many of you already know, in addition to his being
a senior-level IT professional, Paul Dube brings to us
a very strong ability to communicate complex things in
a manner that's easy to understand. It's a skill of
Paul's that I've enjoyed over the past 5-6 years.
Paul currently own's an IT consultancy called AlignIT
Advisors located in New Jersey.
To visit Paul's Linkedin profile, please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/43177
MyJobTIGER currently has 659 members and brings
together job seekers and recruiters seeking to make a
right match as quickly as possible.
If you are a job seeker, recruiter, or hiring manager
you can join MyJobTIGER by visiting:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyJobTIGER/
NOTE: Though MyJobTIGER is not a Linkedin-based
discussion group, Paul Dube is joining as a moderator
because of the developing business relationship we
have as a result of the recent work we've been doing
with Linkedin.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
MyLinkedinPowerForum
MyJobTIGER
Skype = MyLinkedinPowerForum
8 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
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me as a moderator of MyJobTIGER.
As many of you already know, in addition to his being
a senior-level IT professional, Paul Dube brings to us
a very strong ability to communicate complex things in
a manner that's easy to understand. It's a skill of
Paul's that I've enjoyed over the past 5-6 years.
Paul currently own's an IT consultancy called AlignIT
Advisors located in New Jersey.
To visit Paul's Linkedin profile, please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/43177
MyJobTIGER currently has 659 members and brings
together job seekers and recruiters seeking to make a
right match as quickly as possible.
If you are a job seeker, recruiter, or hiring manager
you can join MyJobTIGER by visiting:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyJobTIGER/
NOTE: Though MyJobTIGER is not a Linkedin-based
discussion group, Paul Dube is joining as a moderator
because of the developing business relationship we
have as a result of the recent work we've been doing
with Linkedin.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
MyLinkedinPowerForum
MyJobTIGER
Skype = MyLinkedinPowerForum
8 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
SPONSORED LINKS
| Business finance uk | Business finance course | Business finance online course |
| Business finance class | Small business finance | Business finance schools |
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "LinkedinBlogger" on the web.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] A Special Endorsement of Craig Silverman
This is a special endorsement prompted by a singular
action that Craig Silverman of HireAbility took in
response to Hurricane Katrina.
As most recruiters, Craig Silverman has a high drive
to be successful. But Craig is different in that he
publicly demonstrated that he knows the almost
illimitable power recruiters can access. And he did
this is a single call to action letter centered around
a single catastrophic even: Hurricane Katrina. Craig
gets it. He understands the real power of recruiting
and networking.
At the time of Craig’s action, I was one of millions
distressed by the devastation caused by Hurricane
Katrina. But by the time I’d finished reading
Craig’s call to action letter, I was not only
re-strengthened and encouraged, I was proud to call
myself a recruiter.
Recruiters are, of necessity, high-energy people.
Sometimes, our high-energy gets us into trouble for
going too far in business. But, even with all our
energy, we can’t go too far with using our recruiting
skills to bring appropriate attention and resources to
bear on the aftermath on Hurricane Katrina.
Craig’s powerful recommendation that recruiters and HR
professionals encourage companies to raise and 1.)
contribute a Billion Dollars for the relief efforts
and 2.) use our skills to help people find jobs, is
the type of thing that recruiters should take pride in
using their considerable skills to accomplish.
This is a right usage of our skills in doing what we
do best: gathering people together.
Please join me in participating with Craig in this
exceptional task. To visit Craig's Linkedin profile,
please visit him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/95328
Thank you, Craig!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
6 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
action that Craig Silverman of HireAbility took in
response to Hurricane Katrina.
As most recruiters, Craig Silverman has a high drive
to be successful. But Craig is different in that he
publicly demonstrated that he knows the almost
illimitable power recruiters can access. And he did
this is a single call to action letter centered around
a single catastrophic even: Hurricane Katrina. Craig
gets it. He understands the real power of recruiting
and networking.
At the time of Craig’s action, I was one of millions
distressed by the devastation caused by Hurricane
Katrina. But by the time I’d finished reading
Craig’s call to action letter, I was not only
re-strengthened and encouraged, I was proud to call
myself a recruiter.
Recruiters are, of necessity, high-energy people.
Sometimes, our high-energy gets us into trouble for
going too far in business. But, even with all our
energy, we can’t go too far with using our recruiting
skills to bring appropriate attention and resources to
bear on the aftermath on Hurricane Katrina.
Craig’s powerful recommendation that recruiters and HR
professionals encourage companies to raise and 1.)
contribute a Billion Dollars for the relief efforts
and 2.) use our skills to help people find jobs, is
the type of thing that recruiters should take pride in
using their considerable skills to accomplish.
This is a right usage of our skills in doing what we
do best: gathering people together.
Please join me in participating with Craig in this
exceptional task. To visit Craig's Linkedin profile,
please visit him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/95328
Thank you, Craig!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
6 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "LinkedinBlogger" on the web.
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
LinkedinBlogger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] LinkedinWomen is now owned & moderated by Yvonne Brown!
In addition to joining MLPF as a co-moderator, Yvonne
Brown of JAD Communications and I will be working to
provide a Linkedin forum focused on women’s issues.
I started Linkedin Women on June 4, 2005. Since that
time, I’ve searched for just the right type of person
to develop Linkedin Women as a vehicle to help empower
women and to help improve communications between men
and women.
Because women and men MUST work at and learn to
communicate more effectively and fairly with each
other, Linkedin Women not only invites women to join
but also encourages men who are respectful and
supportive of women’s issues to join as well.
We intend to grow Linkedin Women into a vibrant and
supportive forum with a tone set by Yvonne Brown’s
incomparable approach to empowering women. (Check out
her book Self-Creation: 10 Powerful Principles for
Changing Your Life:
http://www.jadcommunications.com/products.php#tenprinciples)
To join Linkedin Women, please visit here:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinWomen/
*****
Below is an endorsement I wrote for Yvonne and links
to her profile and her web site. You may also contact
her from the MLPF homepage at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/
_______________________________________________
Yvonne Brown
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/341913
http://www.jadcommunications.com/
“I feel privileged to write an endorsement for a woman
who presents herself as powerfully, clearly, and as
focused as Yvonne Brown does. Yvonne's voice inspires
me to want to do business better, to perform better,
to help others more. I look forward to our growing our
businesses as marketing friends and I encourage you to
invest a little time in getting to know Yvonne and her
work.” (July 6, 2005)
_____________________________________________________
Thanks, Yvonne!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
5 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
Brown of JAD Communications and I will be working to
provide a Linkedin forum focused on women’s issues.
I started Linkedin Women on June 4, 2005. Since that
time, I’ve searched for just the right type of person
to develop Linkedin Women as a vehicle to help empower
women and to help improve communications between men
and women.
Because women and men MUST work at and learn to
communicate more effectively and fairly with each
other, Linkedin Women not only invites women to join
but also encourages men who are respectful and
supportive of women’s issues to join as well.
We intend to grow Linkedin Women into a vibrant and
supportive forum with a tone set by Yvonne Brown’s
incomparable approach to empowering women. (Check out
her book Self-Creation: 10 Powerful Principles for
Changing Your Life:
http://www.jadcommunications.com/products.php#tenprinciples)
To join Linkedin Women, please visit here:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinWomen/
*****
Below is an endorsement I wrote for Yvonne and links
to her profile and her web site. You may also contact
her from the MLPF homepage at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/
_______________________________________________
Yvonne Brown
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/341913
http://www.jadcommunications.com/
“I feel privileged to write an endorsement for a woman
who presents herself as powerfully, clearly, and as
focused as Yvonne Brown does. Yvonne's voice inspires
me to want to do business better, to perform better,
to help others more. I look forward to our growing our
businesses as marketing friends and I encourage you to
invest a little time in getting to know Yvonne and her
work.” (July 6, 2005)
_____________________________________________________
Thanks, Yvonne!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
5 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
SPONSORED LINKS
| Business finance uk | Business finance course | Business finance online course |
| Business finance class | Small business finance | Business finance schools |
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "LinkedinBlogger" on the web.
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
LinkedinBlogger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[LinkedinBlogger] Announcing Tia Carr Williams & Yvonne Brown as New MLPF Co-Moderators!!
Because My Linkedin Power Forum is seriously committed
to effective communications in general and strong
communication via Linkedin in particular, it gives me
great joy to announce that MLPF is adding two
wonderful women as co-moderators/subject matter
experts to better support our belief that the way to
better business is through better communication.
As many of you already know, both Tia and Yvonne are
exceptional communicators. I’ve already benefited
from advice from both of them. It is my hope that
we’ll learn a lot of best practices from their vast
experience.
My emphasis on communication is not meant to suggest
mere grammar or composition or even style. Though
these are quite valuable in getting our message
across, I’m hoping that Tia and Yvonne will help us to
continually refine the tone of MLPF so that both men
and women are as comfortable as we can reasonably make
them on this forum.
Below are links to their profiles as well as to their
individual web sites. You may also contact each of
them from the MLPF homepage at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/
To provide a little more insight into why I’m so happy
to have them aboard as moderators, I’ve included the
Linkedin endorsements I wrote for each earlier this
year.
Tia Carr Williams
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/205063
http://carrwilliamsconsultants.com/
“There is a great joy in networking that comes when we
meet genuine, intelligent nurturers. Thus, as creator
of My Linkedin Power Forum, it’s a great joy to me to
acknowledge Tia Carr Williams as winner of the June
2005 Wright Way N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Recognition
Award. Tia has consistently demonstrated the spirit of
authentic networking and genuine friendship to MLPF &
Modo Fac Central.” (July 1, 2005)
_______________________________________________
Yvonne Brown
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/341913
http://www.jadcommunications.com/
“I feel privileged to write an endorsement for a woman
who presents herself as powerfully, clearly, and as
focused as Yvonne Brown does. Yvonne's voice inspires
me to want to do business better, to perform better,
to help others more. I look forward to our growing our
businesses as marketing friends and I encourage you to
invest a little time in getting to know Yvonne and her
work.” (July 6, 2005)
_____________________________________________________
*****In addition to joining MLPF as a co-moderator,
Yvonne Brown and I will also be working to provide a
Linkedin forum focused on women’s issues.
I started Linkedin Women on June 4, 2005. Since that
time, I’ve searched for just the right type of person
to develop Linkedin Women as a vehicle to help empower
women and to help improve communications between men
and women.
Because women and men MUST work at and learn to
communicate more effectively and fairly with each
other, Linkedin Women not only invites women to join
but also encourages men who are respectful and
supportive of women’s issues to join as well.
We intend to grow Linkedin Women into a vibrant and
supportive forum with a tone set by Yvonne Brown’s
incomparable approach to empowering women. (Check out
her book Self-Creation: 10 Powerful Principles for
Changing Your Life:
http://www.jadcommunications.com/products.php#tenprinciples)
To join Linkedin Women, please visit here:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinWomen/
*****
Thanks, Yvonne!
Thanks, Tia!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
5 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
to effective communications in general and strong
communication via Linkedin in particular, it gives me
great joy to announce that MLPF is adding two
wonderful women as co-moderators/subject matter
experts to better support our belief that the way to
better business is through better communication.
As many of you already know, both Tia and Yvonne are
exceptional communicators. I’ve already benefited
from advice from both of them. It is my hope that
we’ll learn a lot of best practices from their vast
experience.
My emphasis on communication is not meant to suggest
mere grammar or composition or even style. Though
these are quite valuable in getting our message
across, I’m hoping that Tia and Yvonne will help us to
continually refine the tone of MLPF so that both men
and women are as comfortable as we can reasonably make
them on this forum.
Below are links to their profiles as well as to their
individual web sites. You may also contact each of
them from the MLPF homepage at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/
To provide a little more insight into why I’m so happy
to have them aboard as moderators, I’ve included the
Linkedin endorsements I wrote for each earlier this
year.
Tia Carr Williams
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/205063
http://carrwilliamsconsultants.com/
“There is a great joy in networking that comes when we
meet genuine, intelligent nurturers. Thus, as creator
of My Linkedin Power Forum, it’s a great joy to me to
acknowledge Tia Carr Williams as winner of the June
2005 Wright Way N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Recognition
Award. Tia has consistently demonstrated the spirit of
authentic networking and genuine friendship to MLPF &
Modo Fac Central.” (July 1, 2005)
_______________________________________________
Yvonne Brown
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/341913
http://www.jadcommunications.com/
“I feel privileged to write an endorsement for a woman
who presents herself as powerfully, clearly, and as
focused as Yvonne Brown does. Yvonne's voice inspires
me to want to do business better, to perform better,
to help others more. I look forward to our growing our
businesses as marketing friends and I encourage you to
invest a little time in getting to know Yvonne and her
work.” (July 6, 2005)
_____________________________________________________
*****In addition to joining MLPF as a co-moderator,
Yvonne Brown and I will also be working to provide a
Linkedin forum focused on women’s issues.
I started Linkedin Women on June 4, 2005. Since that
time, I’ve searched for just the right type of person
to develop Linkedin Women as a vehicle to help empower
women and to help improve communications between men
and women.
Because women and men MUST work at and learn to
communicate more effectively and fairly with each
other, Linkedin Women not only invites women to join
but also encourages men who are respectful and
supportive of women’s issues to join as well.
We intend to grow Linkedin Women into a vibrant and
supportive forum with a tone set by Yvonne Brown’s
incomparable approach to empowering women. (Check out
her book Self-Creation: 10 Powerful Principles for
Changing Your Life:
http://www.jadcommunications.com/products.php#tenprinciples)
To join Linkedin Women, please visit here:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinWomen/
*****
Thanks, Yvonne!
Thanks, Tia!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk/FWD = MyLinkedinPowerForum
5 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
______________________________________________________
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "LinkedinBlogger" on the web.
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
LinkedinBlogger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Lessons from Water
I promise you that Paul and I have not conspired today
to bring you lessons from Nature. However, because I
intend to get back to the C.I.A. theme (Confluence,
Influence, and Affluence), I could hardly resist
sharing this particular web site called "Lessons From
Water" with you
http://www.lessonsfromwater.com/
I hope that at least one of you will not only enjoy
the natural networking concepts imbedded in the Flash
movie but will also use it as a respite and a moment
of stress relief, too.
May the flow be with you! :-)
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk = MyLinkedinPowerForum
Linkedin@MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
1 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
Join: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/join
Show that you are linked in to Linkedin POWER, too!
Join: https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1304/10BE4F71AFD0/
____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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to bring you lessons from Nature. However, because I
intend to get back to the C.I.A. theme (Confluence,
Influence, and Affluence), I could hardly resist
sharing this particular web site called "Lessons From
Water" with you
http://www.lessonsfromwater.com/
I hope that at least one of you will not only enjoy
the natural networking concepts imbedded in the Flash
movie but will also use it as a respite and a moment
of stress relief, too.
May the flow be with you! :-)
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk = MyLinkedinPowerForum
Linkedin@MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
1 September 2005
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Invite your friends to get linked in to career & business power!
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Laura Levitan is Winner of The MLPF N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Award for August 2005
Because she is a professional who is clearly
passionate about building a great Linkedin network AND
networking the right way within that network, it gives
me great pleasure to announce that Laura Levitan is
the Winner of The MLPF N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Award for
August 2005!
My Linkedin Power Forum is pleased to present this
networking award to Laura Levitan for outstanding work
in networking according to the MLPF definition of
N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. ( http://tinyurl.com/7mwte )
Not only has Laura been a friend of MLPF, she’s built
one of the largest networks on Linkedin, has an
abundance of thoughtful endorsements, and at least one
professed fan on Linkedin. – I suspect she has many
more, including me.
Laura has done a lot of her world-class networking
while moving with her family from Stamford,
Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, house hunting,
conducting a job search, and not missing a beat in
building her terrific Linkedin network. Further, for
those of us who have communicated publicly and
privately with Laura, she’s done all this growth and
maintenance while demonstrating one of the best
professional personalities around.
Check out Laura ‘s profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/81569
To see Laura’s MLPF N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Award for
August 2005, please visit
Files -> MLPF Hall of Fame -> Laura Levitan
OR
http://tinyurl.com/7mwte
OR
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/files/MLPF%20Hall%20of%20Fame/
Please join me in congratulating Laura Levitan for
setting the “network building” bar high for both women
and men who want to network the right way.
CONGRATULATIONS, and thanks for teaching us how to
network together, Laura!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
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1 September 2005
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passionate about building a great Linkedin network AND
networking the right way within that network, it gives
me great pleasure to announce that Laura Levitan is
the Winner of The MLPF N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Award for
August 2005!
My Linkedin Power Forum is pleased to present this
networking award to Laura Levitan for outstanding work
in networking according to the MLPF definition of
N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. ( http://tinyurl.com/7mwte )
Not only has Laura been a friend of MLPF, she’s built
one of the largest networks on Linkedin, has an
abundance of thoughtful endorsements, and at least one
professed fan on Linkedin. – I suspect she has many
more, including me.
Laura has done a lot of her world-class networking
while moving with her family from Stamford,
Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, house hunting,
conducting a job search, and not missing a beat in
building her terrific Linkedin network. Further, for
those of us who have communicated publicly and
privately with Laura, she’s done all this growth and
maintenance while demonstrating one of the best
professional personalities around.
Check out Laura ‘s profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/81569
To see Laura’s MLPF N.E.T.W.O.R.K.I.N.G. Award for
August 2005, please visit
Files -> MLPF Hall of Fame -> Laura Levitan
OR
http://tinyurl.com/7mwte
OR
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum/files/MLPF%20Hall%20of%20Fame/
Please join me in congratulating Laura Levitan for
setting the “network building” bar high for both women
and men who want to network the right way.
CONGRATULATIONS, and thanks for teaching us how to
network together, Laura!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype/Google Talk = MyLinkedinPowerForum
1 September 2005
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Friday, August 26, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Two arrested in Zotob worm probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_hi_te/computer_worm
Two Arrested in U.S. Computer Worm Probe
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two
people believed responsible for a computer worm that
infected networks at U.S. companies and government
agencies earlier this month.
Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco, while
Atilla Ekici, 21, was arrested in Turkey on Thursday,
Louis M. Riegel, the FBI's assistant director for
cyber crimes, said Friday. They will be prosecuted in
those countries, Riegel said.
Essebar wrote the code that attacked computers that
run Miscrosoft Corp. operating systems and Ekici paid
him for it, Riegel said. It's unclear they ever met,
"but they certainly knew each other via the Internet,"
he said.
Riegel said he does not know how much money changed
hands. Miscrosoft and FBI officials also declined to
estimate the monetary damage done by the Zotob worm
and its variations.
The pair also is believed responsible for an earlier
worm, Mytob, that first showed up in February, Riegel
said.
The Zotob worm and its variations targeted computers
that run Microsoft Corp. operating systems, with
Windows 2000 users most seriously affected.
The worm disrupted computer operations in mid-August
at several large news organizations, including The
Associated Press, ABC, CNN, and The New York Times;
such companies as heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar
Inc.; and the federal Immigration and Customs
Enforcement bureau.
Microsoft played a large role in locating the
suspects, said Riegel and Microsoft general counsel
Brad Smith.
The worm emerged just a week after the software giant
had warned of a security flaw and released a
"critical" patch for it, which is most severe on
Windows 2000 systems. Those computers can be accessed
remotely through the operating system's "Plug and
Play" hardware
detection feature.
Protective patches, plus instructions for cleansing
infected systems, are available on the company's Web
site.
Zotob and its variations can attack a computer without
needing to open any software, so some users would be
infected without knowing it.
Experts said the damage probably wouldn't be
substantial because most companies made the necessary
software fixes quickly.
Windows 2000 also is more than five years old, and
Microsoft has released several new versions of its
operating system and security overhauls since then,
further limiting the exposure.
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Two Arrested in U.S. Computer Worm Probe
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two
people believed responsible for a computer worm that
infected networks at U.S. companies and government
agencies earlier this month.
Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco, while
Atilla Ekici, 21, was arrested in Turkey on Thursday,
Louis M. Riegel, the FBI's assistant director for
cyber crimes, said Friday. They will be prosecuted in
those countries, Riegel said.
Essebar wrote the code that attacked computers that
run Miscrosoft Corp. operating systems and Ekici paid
him for it, Riegel said. It's unclear they ever met,
"but they certainly knew each other via the Internet,"
he said.
Riegel said he does not know how much money changed
hands. Miscrosoft and FBI officials also declined to
estimate the monetary damage done by the Zotob worm
and its variations.
The pair also is believed responsible for an earlier
worm, Mytob, that first showed up in February, Riegel
said.
The Zotob worm and its variations targeted computers
that run Microsoft Corp. operating systems, with
Windows 2000 users most seriously affected.
The worm disrupted computer operations in mid-August
at several large news organizations, including The
Associated Press, ABC, CNN, and The New York Times;
such companies as heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar
Inc.; and the federal Immigration and Customs
Enforcement bureau.
Microsoft played a large role in locating the
suspects, said Riegel and Microsoft general counsel
Brad Smith.
The worm emerged just a week after the software giant
had warned of a security flaw and released a
"critical" patch for it, which is most severe on
Windows 2000 systems. Those computers can be accessed
remotely through the operating system's "Plug and
Play" hardware
detection feature.
Protective patches, plus instructions for cleansing
infected systems, are available on the company's Web
site.
Zotob and its variations can attack a computer without
needing to open any software, so some users would be
infected without knowing it.
Experts said the damage probably wouldn't be
substantial because most companies made the necessary
software fixes quickly.
Windows 2000 also is more than five years old, and
Microsoft has released several new versions of its
operating system and security overhauls since then,
further limiting the exposure.
Thanks!
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[LinkedinBlogger] Congratulations to David Martin for Being MLPF Member 2,000! https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/3012862
As an expression of our appreciation, we wish to
invite you to join us in congratulating David Martin
for being the newest member of the MLPF Hall of Fame
as a result of his being MLPF's 2,000th member!!
In our book, being MLPF Member Number 2,000 makes you
Number One with us!!
To see, David's recognition award please visit:
Files -> MLPF Hall of Fame ->David Martin
To find out more about David and to help distinguish
him from other David Martin's both here on MLPF and on
Linkedin, please visit his profile at:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/3012862
CONGRATULATIONS, David!
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invite you to join us in congratulating David Martin
for being the newest member of the MLPF Hall of Fame
as a result of his being MLPF's 2,000th member!!
In our book, being MLPF Member Number 2,000 makes you
Number One with us!!
To see, David's recognition award please visit:
Files -> MLPF Hall of Fame ->David Martin
To find out more about David and to help distinguish
him from other David Martin's both here on MLPF and on
Linkedin, please visit his profile at:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/3012862
CONGRATULATIONS, David!
Vincent Wright
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August 25, 2005
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] MLPF: Your Linkedin Business Community Now Has 2,000 Members!!
Hi, Everyone,
I'm happy to announce that My Linkedin Power Forum
became a business community of 2,000 members today,
August 25, 2005.
That means that you now have access to a couple
thousand people who might just be able to help you to
use Linkedin to grow your business better, solve a
business problem quicker, find the right
consultant/expert faster.
Over the past 6 1/2 months, we've worked to the best
of our ability to bring our 2,000 members together to
help answer each other's questions and to share in
each other's successes.
In addition to having 2,000 members to discuss
Linkedin, networking, business, and communication
issues, those of you who are members of the MLPF group
on Linkedin Groups also have 643 members through whom
you can get additional business help directly on
Linkedin.com.
I sincerely and deeply appreciate that you've chosen
to be active members of MLPF. I hope that you'll
continue to receive value from the communications
taking place here.
Finally, I wish to thank the MLPF Co-moderators,
Arnnei Speiser and Paul Dube, for their exemplary
support in helping to shape, nurture, and strengthen
MLPF as a business tool for you.
Thank you!
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8.25.2005
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I'm happy to announce that My Linkedin Power Forum
became a business community of 2,000 members today,
August 25, 2005.
That means that you now have access to a couple
thousand people who might just be able to help you to
use Linkedin to grow your business better, solve a
business problem quicker, find the right
consultant/expert faster.
Over the past 6 1/2 months, we've worked to the best
of our ability to bring our 2,000 members together to
help answer each other's questions and to share in
each other's successes.
In addition to having 2,000 members to discuss
Linkedin, networking, business, and communication
issues, those of you who are members of the MLPF group
on Linkedin Groups also have 643 members through whom
you can get additional business help directly on
Linkedin.com.
I sincerely and deeply appreciate that you've chosen
to be active members of MLPF. I hope that you'll
continue to receive value from the communications
taking place here.
Finally, I wish to thank the MLPF Co-moderators,
Arnnei Speiser and Paul Dube, for their exemplary
support in helping to shape, nurture, and strengthen
MLPF as a business tool for you.
Thank you!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Skype = MyLinkedinPowerForum
Google Talk = MyLinkedinPowerForum
8.25.2005
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Monday, August 22, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Cause Marketing & MLPF's First "Cause of the Day"
Because I'm against spam but FOR good causes, I've
decided to use a little of MLPF's real estate for the
MLPF Cause of the Day.
And because this decision was prompted by someone who
felt compelled to send a message about breast cancer
to the group and because I've lost too many relatives
and friends to cancer, I've decided to network with
him to help bring attention to the breast cancer
initiative.
Thus, the FIRST MLPF Cause of the Day is the one
prompted by his aborted post to MLPF: Breast Cancer
awareness. ( http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/home )
Of course, this reminds me that there are innumerable
other good causes for us to pitch in a little of
ourselves to address. Thus, if you have a cause
you'd like for us to consider as an MLPF Cause of the
Day, please send a message to me describing your cause
and a link to its web site at Linkedin @
MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
8.22.2005
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decided to use a little of MLPF's real estate for the
MLPF Cause of the Day.
And because this decision was prompted by someone who
felt compelled to send a message about breast cancer
to the group and because I've lost too many relatives
and friends to cancer, I've decided to network with
him to help bring attention to the breast cancer
initiative.
Thus, the FIRST MLPF Cause of the Day is the one
prompted by his aborted post to MLPF: Breast Cancer
awareness. ( http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/home )
Of course, this reminds me that there are innumerable
other good causes for us to pitch in a little of
ourselves to address. Thus, if you have a cause
you'd like for us to consider as an MLPF Cause of the
Day, please send a message to me describing your cause
and a link to its web site at Linkedin @
MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
8.22.2005
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] MLPF Recommended Core Rules of Netiquette: Excellent Netiquette Resource
Because I believe that the absence of netiquette
interferes with our ability to vigorously discuss
business networking, I'm happy to recommend to My
Linkedin Power Forum members the following set of
netiquette principles famously championed by Virginia
Shea. If you have time, you can read them in detail
at: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
THE CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE
Excerpted from the book "Netiquette" by Virginia Shea.
* Rule 1: Remember the Human
* Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior
online that you follow in real life
* Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
* Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
* Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
* Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
* Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
* Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
* Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
* Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
Whether or not you visit the site to read them in
detail and whether or not some of them need to be more
freshly stated/restated, I think that at the core,
these are powerful behavioral concepts for MLPF
members to consider using here.
And because I think our adherence to them could help
us to lay solid ground work so that our behavior
doesn't interfere with our discussing ways to improve
our earnings ability through networking via Linkedin,
I encourage discussion about them here on MLPF.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
Skype = WrightWayCoaching
13 Aug 2005
PS: For those of you in a really big hurry, here's
what Virginia Shea says about "Rule 1: Remember the
human":
"The golden rule your parents and your kindergarten
teacher taught you was pretty simple: Do unto others
as you'd have others do unto you. Imagine how you'd
feel if you were in the other person's shoes. Stand up
for yourself, but try not to hurt people's feelings.
In cyberspace, we state this in an even more basic
manner: Remember the human.
When you communicate electronically, all you see is a
computer screen. You don't have the opportunity to use
facial expressions, gestures, and tone of voice to
communicate your meaning; words -- lonely written
words -- are all you've got. And that goes for your
correspondent as well.
When you're holding a conversation online -- whether
it's an email exchange or a response to a discussion
group posting -- it's easy to misinterpret your
correspondent's meaning. And it's frighteningly easy
to forget that your correspondent is a person with
feelings more or less like your own.
It's ironic, really. Computer networks bring people
together who'd otherwise never meet. But the
impersonality of the medium changes that meeting to
something less -- well, less personal. Humans
exchanging email often behave the way some people
behind the wheel of a car do: They curse at other
drivers, make obscene gestures, and generally behave
like savages. Most of them would never act that way at
work or at home. But the interposition of the machine
seems to make it acceptable.
The message of Netiquette is that it's not acceptable.
Yes, use your network connections to express yourself
freely, explore strange new worlds, and boldly go
where you've never gone before. But remember the Prime
Directive of Netiquette: Those are real people out
there.
Would you say it to the person's face?
Writer and Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki tells a
story about getting email from some fellow he's never
met. Online, this fellow tells Guy that he's a bad
writer with nothing interesting to say.
Unbelievably rude? Yes, but unfortunately, it happens
all the time in cyberspace.
Maybe it's the awesome power of being able to send
mail directly to a well-known writer like Guy. Maybe
it's the fact that you can't see his face crumple in
misery as he reads your cruel words. Whatever the
reason, it's incredibly common.
Guy proposes a useful test for anything you're about
to post or mail: Ask yourself, "Would I say this to
the person's face?" If the answer is no, rewrite and
reread. Repeat the process till you feel sure that
you'd feel as comfortable saying these words to the
live person as you do sending them through cyberspace.
Of course, it's possible that you'd feel great about
saying something extremely rude to the person's face.
In that case, Netiquette can't help you. Go get a copy
of Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct
Behavior.
Another reason not to be offensive online
When you communicate through cyberspace -- via email
or on discussion groups -- your words are written. And
chances are they're stored somewhere where you have no
control over them. In other words, there's a good
chance they can come back to haunt you.
Never forget the story of famous email user Oliver
North. Ollie, you'll remember, was a great devotee of
the White House email system, PROFS. He diligently
deleted all incriminating notes he sent or received.
What he didn't realize was that, somewhere else in the
White House, computer room staff were equally
diligently backing up the mainframe where his messages
were stored. When he went on trial, all those handy
backup tapes were readily available as evidence
against him.
You don't have to be engaged in criminal activity to
want to be careful. Any message you send could be
saved or forwarded by its recipient. You have no
control over where it goes."
Thanks!
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interferes with our ability to vigorously discuss
business networking, I'm happy to recommend to My
Linkedin Power Forum members the following set of
netiquette principles famously championed by Virginia
Shea. If you have time, you can read them in detail
at: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
THE CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE
Excerpted from the book "Netiquette" by Virginia Shea.
* Rule 1: Remember the Human
* Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior
online that you follow in real life
* Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
* Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth
* Rule 5: Make yourself look good online
* Rule 6: Share expert knowledge
* Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control
* Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy
* Rule 9: Don't abuse your power
* Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
Whether or not you visit the site to read them in
detail and whether or not some of them need to be more
freshly stated/restated, I think that at the core,
these are powerful behavioral concepts for MLPF
members to consider using here.
And because I think our adherence to them could help
us to lay solid ground work so that our behavior
doesn't interfere with our discussing ways to improve
our earnings ability through networking via Linkedin,
I encourage discussion about them here on MLPF.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
Skype = WrightWayCoaching
13 Aug 2005
PS: For those of you in a really big hurry, here's
what Virginia Shea says about "Rule 1: Remember the
human":
"The golden rule your parents and your kindergarten
teacher taught you was pretty simple: Do unto others
as you'd have others do unto you. Imagine how you'd
feel if you were in the other person's shoes. Stand up
for yourself, but try not to hurt people's feelings.
In cyberspace, we state this in an even more basic
manner: Remember the human.
When you communicate electronically, all you see is a
computer screen. You don't have the opportunity to use
facial expressions, gestures, and tone of voice to
communicate your meaning; words -- lonely written
words -- are all you've got. And that goes for your
correspondent as well.
When you're holding a conversation online -- whether
it's an email exchange or a response to a discussion
group posting -- it's easy to misinterpret your
correspondent's meaning. And it's frighteningly easy
to forget that your correspondent is a person with
feelings more or less like your own.
It's ironic, really. Computer networks bring people
together who'd otherwise never meet. But the
impersonality of the medium changes that meeting to
something less -- well, less personal. Humans
exchanging email often behave the way some people
behind the wheel of a car do: They curse at other
drivers, make obscene gestures, and generally behave
like savages. Most of them would never act that way at
work or at home. But the interposition of the machine
seems to make it acceptable.
The message of Netiquette is that it's not acceptable.
Yes, use your network connections to express yourself
freely, explore strange new worlds, and boldly go
where you've never gone before. But remember the Prime
Directive of Netiquette: Those are real people out
there.
Would you say it to the person's face?
Writer and Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki tells a
story about getting email from some fellow he's never
met. Online, this fellow tells Guy that he's a bad
writer with nothing interesting to say.
Unbelievably rude? Yes, but unfortunately, it happens
all the time in cyberspace.
Maybe it's the awesome power of being able to send
mail directly to a well-known writer like Guy. Maybe
it's the fact that you can't see his face crumple in
misery as he reads your cruel words. Whatever the
reason, it's incredibly common.
Guy proposes a useful test for anything you're about
to post or mail: Ask yourself, "Would I say this to
the person's face?" If the answer is no, rewrite and
reread. Repeat the process till you feel sure that
you'd feel as comfortable saying these words to the
live person as you do sending them through cyberspace.
Of course, it's possible that you'd feel great about
saying something extremely rude to the person's face.
In that case, Netiquette can't help you. Go get a copy
of Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct
Behavior.
Another reason not to be offensive online
When you communicate through cyberspace -- via email
or on discussion groups -- your words are written. And
chances are they're stored somewhere where you have no
control over them. In other words, there's a good
chance they can come back to haunt you.
Never forget the story of famous email user Oliver
North. Ollie, you'll remember, was a great devotee of
the White House email system, PROFS. He diligently
deleted all incriminating notes he sent or received.
What he didn't realize was that, somewhere else in the
White House, computer room staff were equally
diligently backing up the mainframe where his messages
were stored. When he went on trial, all those handy
backup tapes were readily available as evidence
against him.
You don't have to be engaged in criminal activity to
want to be careful. Any message you send could be
saved or forwarded by its recipient. You have no
control over where it goes."
Thanks!
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] "Making meaning" and Re-dedicating MLPF to Linkedin Best Practices
As much as I've wanted to have a hands off policy in
the messages posted on My Linkedin Power Forum, a few
recent posts have caused me a bit of concern about the
potential of our missing out on the opportunity
Linkedin affords those of us who want to use it as
designed, as formulated by its creators.
MLPF is here for Linkedin best practices and for
constructive criticism. MLPF is not for messages
encouraging people to cheat LinkedIn any more than we
would encourage each other to cheat anyone else we're
in a business relationship with. MLPF is not here to
encourage any member to obstruct any other Linkedin
member interested in developing their businesses via
Linkedin.
Linkedin is not perfect and is not going to be
perfect.
The same with MLPF.
The same with your business, your products, your
services.
We are simply never going to reach perfection where
there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
Moreover, whereas unfair complaints reflect more on
the complainer than on the product, a good complaint,
good constructive criticism, can lead to a
continuously superior product.
And that's one of the reasons I set up
LinkedinTomorrow so that those who wanted to discuss
Linkedin product development could have a good place
to work out ideas about tomorrow's version of
Linkedin, today:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinTomorrow/
I encourage those of you who are committed to
participating in the development of Linkedin to
consider signing up for that forum and taking a
leadership role in helping to advance Linkedin's
platform. (I accidentally wrote platforum! :-))
There is still an inordinate amount of good that we
can get out of Linkedin IF we focus on the good that's
on Linkedin today and contribute in helping each other
to get maximum value out of our current memberships.
I'm not a Pollyanna. But I insist that we don't have
to cheat, we don't have to be mean-spirited, nor do we
have to malign the good work of others in order to
improve our own businesses - AT ALL!
And on a peripheral matter:To me, cheating is just
passing around a mental disease based upon laziness,
self-centeredness, a poor imagination, and the
impatience to do things the right way.
And though I've had my temptations to do so, I don't
like my work when I find that I had to cheat to get
something I want. YUCK! (This is not saying anything
against "cheatsheets" which are doing nothing more
than codifying shortcuts to help increase our
productivity.)
The above being said: I want to leave you with a word
of encouragement I heard today from Guy Kawasaki of
Garage Technology Ventures as presented through the
Standford Technology Venture Program.
He says that the core of why you should start a
company is to make meaning. He emphatically
distinguishes between the success of businesses
started for making meaning and those started
exclusively for making money.
Kawasaki goes on to say that there are 3 ways for
entrepreneurs to make meaning in business:
1. Increase quality of life
2. Right a wrong
3. Prevent the end of something good
While there have been men and women who've attempted
to stop MLPF from helping you to use Linkedin the
right way - and there are likely to be others from
time to time in our future - I intend to continue
developing MLPF around the above 3 ways that Kawasaki
so definitively espouses. So, I dedicate MLPF to 1.)
helping you to increase the quality of your business
life via Linkedin, 2.)where possible, righting the
wrong practices that are straining to seep into the
linking practices Linkedin recommends, 3.) working to
prevent the end of Linkedin as our favorite way of
linking with one another for our businesses and for
our careers.
With that in mind, I strongly encourage you listen to
Guy Kawaski's super-brief presentation that's pregnant
with meaning for Linkedin and for your business and
mine.
Here's the link, but you might have to join the
Stanford Technology Ventures Program in order to
listen to the video:
http://vodwins.stanford.edu/stvp/kawa/13kawa.asx
PLEASE join me in continuing to develop positive
practices and positive means of developing our
networks so that our networks will have more meaning
for us and for those we support.
Thank you.
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator,
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
860-524-5077
Skype = WrightWayCoaching
10 Aug 2005
Thanks!
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the messages posted on My Linkedin Power Forum, a few
recent posts have caused me a bit of concern about the
potential of our missing out on the opportunity
Linkedin affords those of us who want to use it as
designed, as formulated by its creators.
MLPF is here for Linkedin best practices and for
constructive criticism. MLPF is not for messages
encouraging people to cheat LinkedIn any more than we
would encourage each other to cheat anyone else we're
in a business relationship with. MLPF is not here to
encourage any member to obstruct any other Linkedin
member interested in developing their businesses via
Linkedin.
Linkedin is not perfect and is not going to be
perfect.
The same with MLPF.
The same with your business, your products, your
services.
We are simply never going to reach perfection where
there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
Moreover, whereas unfair complaints reflect more on
the complainer than on the product, a good complaint,
good constructive criticism, can lead to a
continuously superior product.
And that's one of the reasons I set up
LinkedinTomorrow so that those who wanted to discuss
Linkedin product development could have a good place
to work out ideas about tomorrow's version of
Linkedin, today:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinTomorrow/
I encourage those of you who are committed to
participating in the development of Linkedin to
consider signing up for that forum and taking a
leadership role in helping to advance Linkedin's
platform. (I accidentally wrote platforum! :-))
There is still an inordinate amount of good that we
can get out of Linkedin IF we focus on the good that's
on Linkedin today and contribute in helping each other
to get maximum value out of our current memberships.
I'm not a Pollyanna. But I insist that we don't have
to cheat, we don't have to be mean-spirited, nor do we
have to malign the good work of others in order to
improve our own businesses - AT ALL!
And on a peripheral matter:To me, cheating is just
passing around a mental disease based upon laziness,
self-centeredness, a poor imagination, and the
impatience to do things the right way.
And though I've had my temptations to do so, I don't
like my work when I find that I had to cheat to get
something I want. YUCK! (This is not saying anything
against "cheatsheets" which are doing nothing more
than codifying shortcuts to help increase our
productivity.)
The above being said: I want to leave you with a word
of encouragement I heard today from Guy Kawasaki of
Garage Technology Ventures as presented through the
Standford Technology Venture Program.
He says that the core of why you should start a
company is to make meaning. He emphatically
distinguishes between the success of businesses
started for making meaning and those started
exclusively for making money.
Kawasaki goes on to say that there are 3 ways for
entrepreneurs to make meaning in business:
1. Increase quality of life
2. Right a wrong
3. Prevent the end of something good
While there have been men and women who've attempted
to stop MLPF from helping you to use Linkedin the
right way - and there are likely to be others from
time to time in our future - I intend to continue
developing MLPF around the above 3 ways that Kawasaki
so definitively espouses. So, I dedicate MLPF to 1.)
helping you to increase the quality of your business
life via Linkedin, 2.)where possible, righting the
wrong practices that are straining to seep into the
linking practices Linkedin recommends, 3.) working to
prevent the end of Linkedin as our favorite way of
linking with one another for our businesses and for
our careers.
With that in mind, I strongly encourage you listen to
Guy Kawaski's super-brief presentation that's pregnant
with meaning for Linkedin and for your business and
mine.
Here's the link, but you might have to join the
Stanford Technology Ventures Program in order to
listen to the video:
http://vodwins.stanford.edu/stvp/kawa/13kawa.asx
PLEASE join me in continuing to develop positive
practices and positive means of developing our
networks so that our networks will have more meaning
for us and for those we support.
Thank you.
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator,
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
860-524-5077
Skype = WrightWayCoaching
10 Aug 2005
Thanks!
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Monday, August 08, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] THANK YOU for 6 Months of Great Networking Conversation on MLPF!
My Linkedin Power Forum is 6 months old today. Thus,
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the very
special men and women who've contributed their
intelligence, business acumen, life experience, good
humor, and inspirational fire in helping us to witness
good networking in action during the first 6 months of
MLPF.
I salute each and everyone of the 1,800+ members from
around the world who've come here to learn about
Linkedin, business networking, and communication
skills on this very active forum.
I am deeply grateful to you for the things you've
helped me to learn about networking and about business
and about communication and about life during this 6
month period.
Many members have shared success stories with me.
Happily, some of them have brought to my attention
that they have benefited financially from some of the
connections they've made through MLPF and Linkedin.
It is my intention to help that number grow as much as
possible in the next 6 months of MLPF's life.
So, I hope you'll continue to work with us and teach
and learn with us in a forum whose potential I think
we've barely tapped into.
I sincerely thank you for your participation in this
living forum and invite you to join us as we dig more
deeply into how we might be able to learn and grow and
profit and prosper from working long enough on
Linkedin with the right network of supporters to help
us develop our careers and businesses.
As always, if I can be of help to you and your
networking missions, please contact me at your
convenience.
Thank you.
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ My LinkedinPowerForum.com
SKYPE = WrightWayCoaching
860-524-5077
9 Aug 2005
Thanks!
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I wish to take this opportunity to thank the very
special men and women who've contributed their
intelligence, business acumen, life experience, good
humor, and inspirational fire in helping us to witness
good networking in action during the first 6 months of
MLPF.
I salute each and everyone of the 1,800+ members from
around the world who've come here to learn about
Linkedin, business networking, and communication
skills on this very active forum.
I am deeply grateful to you for the things you've
helped me to learn about networking and about business
and about communication and about life during this 6
month period.
Many members have shared success stories with me.
Happily, some of them have brought to my attention
that they have benefited financially from some of the
connections they've made through MLPF and Linkedin.
It is my intention to help that number grow as much as
possible in the next 6 months of MLPF's life.
So, I hope you'll continue to work with us and teach
and learn with us in a forum whose potential I think
we've barely tapped into.
I sincerely thank you for your participation in this
living forum and invite you to join us as we dig more
deeply into how we might be able to learn and grow and
profit and prosper from working long enough on
Linkedin with the right network of supporters to help
us develop our careers and businesses.
As always, if I can be of help to you and your
networking missions, please contact me at your
convenience.
Thank you.
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ My LinkedinPowerForum.com
SKYPE = WrightWayCoaching
860-524-5077
9 Aug 2005
Thanks!
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Sunday, August 07, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Preventing Flame Wars: Two Basic Principles of Netiquette - From The Virtual Handshake
Because I intend to continually work on improving the
atmosphere of My Linkedin Power Forum for those who
genuinely want to learn about Linkedin, networking,
and communication skills, I want to share with you a
couple of great netiquette principles brought to the
attention of LinkedinBloggers by Des Walsh.
I believe it's more than irony that Des Walsh of
LinkedinBloggers brought this to our attention on the
very day that I'm re-reading page 111 of David Teten
and Scott Allen's "The Virtual Handshake" where those
2 principles are joined by 4 other well-thought-out
principles that could help members and moderators
greatly reduce flame wars.
Though by most accounts MLPF is a fairly successful
forum, I can safely say that it would have been even
more successful and enjoyable had I read and applied
the principles in "The Virtual Handshake" when I
started MLPF 6 months ago.
Kudos to Scott Allen and David Teten for organizing
and sharing such great networking concepts with us. I
highly, highly, highly recommend "The Virtual
Handshake" for community members and moderators alike.
Please do check out Scott's excellent post "Flame
Wars: Two Basic Principles of Netiquette" at:
http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/08/02/preventing-flame-wars-two-basic-principles-of-netiquette
or
http://tinyurl.com/cybag
For your convenience and consideration, I'm including
two of the 6 principles below and hope that we can
strongly apply them on MLPF and its partner forums.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator,
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
860-524-5077
7 Aug 2005
http://tinyurl.com/cybag
Preventing Flame Wars: Two Basic Principles of
Netiquette - From The Virtual Handshake
1. Presume good intent. What is the best possible way
the other person could mean by what they said? If your
initial reaction to what somebody says is negative,
pause. Take a deep breath. Try to detach from your own
personal context and put yourself in their context.
What might they have meant by that? Maybe you’re
misinterpreting what they’re saying.
So pick the best possible meaning, and respond to
that. What’s the worst that can happen? They correct
you and say, “No, I really meant…”? On the other hand,
if you respond to your negative reaction, the worst
possible thing is that an escalation begins — a
vicious circle. Sound familiar?
You’re never backed into a corner online. Take the
time to cool off and re-think it before you reply.
2. Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t say in
person. Would you say it to their face at a networking
event? If not, then why would you say it here? Don’t
think that the relationships here are any less
important, the feelings any less real, etc. And don’t
think it won’t have any impact on your business.
No one looks good when they get emotional in an
argument, even when they’re right. Does it reflect
better on you to be right? Or to be someone who’s easy
to get along with?
I’m not saying people shouldn’t voice their opinions,
or debate their differences of opinion, but not at the
expense of their relationships and even their
reputation.
Think about it… would you want to do business with
someone who was always right but always arguing about
it to show how right they are? (unless they’re a trial
lawyer, of course, in which case that’s a very
desirable trait)
Thanks!
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atmosphere of My Linkedin Power Forum for those who
genuinely want to learn about Linkedin, networking,
and communication skills, I want to share with you a
couple of great netiquette principles brought to the
attention of LinkedinBloggers by Des Walsh.
I believe it's more than irony that Des Walsh of
LinkedinBloggers brought this to our attention on the
very day that I'm re-reading page 111 of David Teten
and Scott Allen's "The Virtual Handshake" where those
2 principles are joined by 4 other well-thought-out
principles that could help members and moderators
greatly reduce flame wars.
Though by most accounts MLPF is a fairly successful
forum, I can safely say that it would have been even
more successful and enjoyable had I read and applied
the principles in "The Virtual Handshake" when I
started MLPF 6 months ago.
Kudos to Scott Allen and David Teten for organizing
and sharing such great networking concepts with us. I
highly, highly, highly recommend "The Virtual
Handshake" for community members and moderators alike.
Please do check out Scott's excellent post "Flame
Wars: Two Basic Principles of Netiquette" at:
http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/08/02/preventing-flame-wars-two-basic-principles-of-netiquette
or
http://tinyurl.com/cybag
For your convenience and consideration, I'm including
two of the 6 principles below and hope that we can
strongly apply them on MLPF and its partner forums.
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Creator/Moderator,
My Linkedin Power Forum
Linkedin @ MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
860-524-5077
7 Aug 2005
http://tinyurl.com/cybag
Preventing Flame Wars: Two Basic Principles of
Netiquette - From The Virtual Handshake
1. Presume good intent. What is the best possible way
the other person could mean by what they said? If your
initial reaction to what somebody says is negative,
pause. Take a deep breath. Try to detach from your own
personal context and put yourself in their context.
What might they have meant by that? Maybe you’re
misinterpreting what they’re saying.
So pick the best possible meaning, and respond to
that. What’s the worst that can happen? They correct
you and say, “No, I really meant…”? On the other hand,
if you respond to your negative reaction, the worst
possible thing is that an escalation begins — a
vicious circle. Sound familiar?
You’re never backed into a corner online. Take the
time to cool off and re-think it before you reply.
2. Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t say in
person. Would you say it to their face at a networking
event? If not, then why would you say it here? Don’t
think that the relationships here are any less
important, the feelings any less real, etc. And don’t
think it won’t have any impact on your business.
No one looks good when they get emotional in an
argument, even when they’re right. Does it reflect
better on you to be right? Or to be someone who’s easy
to get along with?
I’m not saying people shouldn’t voice their opinions,
or debate their differences of opinion, but not at the
expense of their relationships and even their
reputation.
Think about it… would you want to do business with
someone who was always right but always arguing about
it to show how right they are? (unless they’re a trial
lawyer, of course, in which case that’s a very
desirable trait)
Thanks!
Vincent Wright
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Friday, August 05, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] A message from Linkedin's CEO, Reid Hoffman
LinkedIn
August 5, 2005
For two years, we’ve been building a new kind of
business tool, one that lets you benefit from and
enhance professional relationships that matter. This
summer, we’re taking several more steps toward making
LinkedIn an essential resource for you. New Name
Search: All of LinkedIn for Every User
We’re introducing the best professional search on the
Web. Now when you search for someone by name, you’ll
get results from the entire LinkedIn Network of more
than 3.3 million registered professionals. And we’ve
improved People search, too — you’ll see not only
matching professionals in your network, but also the
top results from the entire LinkedIn Network.
Introductions: Greater Trust and Speed
Overwhelmingly, users have told us that four-degree
referrals take too long and require too many people to
get the real benefit of a referred introduction. We
agree. Introductions, our new name for Contact
Requests, will now extend only three degrees. Everyone
in an Introduction chain will know either the original
sender or the final recipient, establishing a truly
trusted link.
Introducing InMail™: Opportunities Through the
LinkedIn Network
InMail, a new service available exclusively through
LinkedIn, allows you to receive business opportunities
from other LinkedIn users directly onto your homepage
without sacrificing privacy. You decide whether to
receive InMail; you get to rate every InMail you
receive to help ensure quality; and you choose when to
share your contact information.
Business Accounts: Advanced Tools for Business Users
Beginning today, you can upgrade to a Business
account, a premium service for LinkedIn users.
Business account holders will be able to request more
Introductions, send InMails, see more complete search
results, and receive premium customer service. Learn
more and upgrade now.
As always, our goal is to help you get connected to
the right professionals and the right new business
opportunities. Send your comments to me at
ceofeedback@linkedin.com.
I wish you every success,
Reid Hoffman
CEO, LinkedIn
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For two years, we’ve been building a new kind of
business tool, one that lets you benefit from and
enhance professional relationships that matter. This
summer, we’re taking several more steps toward making
LinkedIn an essential resource for you. New Name
Search: All of LinkedIn for Every User
We’re introducing the best professional search on the
Web. Now when you search for someone by name, you’ll
get results from the entire LinkedIn Network of more
than 3.3 million registered professionals. And we’ve
improved People search, too — you’ll see not only
matching professionals in your network, but also the
top results from the entire LinkedIn Network.
Introductions: Greater Trust and Speed
Overwhelmingly, users have told us that four-degree
referrals take too long and require too many people to
get the real benefit of a referred introduction. We
agree. Introductions, our new name for Contact
Requests, will now extend only three degrees. Everyone
in an Introduction chain will know either the original
sender or the final recipient, establishing a truly
trusted link.
Introducing InMail™: Opportunities Through the
LinkedIn Network
InMail, a new service available exclusively through
LinkedIn, allows you to receive business opportunities
from other LinkedIn users directly onto your homepage
without sacrificing privacy. You decide whether to
receive InMail; you get to rate every InMail you
receive to help ensure quality; and you choose when to
share your contact information.
Business Accounts: Advanced Tools for Business Users
Beginning today, you can upgrade to a Business
account, a premium service for LinkedIn users.
Business account holders will be able to request more
Introductions, send InMails, see more complete search
results, and receive premium customer service. Learn
more and upgrade now.
As always, our goal is to help you get connected to
the right professionals and the right new business
opportunities. Send your comments to me at
ceofeedback@linkedin.com.
I wish you every success,
Reid Hoffman
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Thursday, August 04, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] Landed.FM: Linkedin Listens - Adds Important New Enhancements
Linkedin Listens - Adds Important New Enhancements
New premium service will provide far more powerful
tools.
On Monday, August 8th, Linkedin, the business
networking powerhouse, will announce a major
enhancement — broadening the scope of Linkedin's
functionality. Tune-in to Landed.fm this Monday for an
exclusive in-depth interview with Konstantin Guericke,
VP Marketing and Co-Founder at Linkedin.
"LinkedIn demonstrates that the business world is a
much smaller place than people commonly think, and I
hope people will learn from this that it's best to
behave as if you live in a small town where you can't
hide things and your actions determine your
reputation." - Konstantin Guericke
For more information, visit:
http://www.landed.fm/home/
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http://www.landed.fm/shows/konstantin.html
Can't wait to hear the powerhouse news!
Vincent Wright
5 Aug 2005
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New premium service will provide far more powerful
tools.
On Monday, August 8th, Linkedin, the business
networking powerhouse, will announce a major
enhancement — broadening the scope of Linkedin's
functionality. Tune-in to Landed.fm this Monday for an
exclusive in-depth interview with Konstantin Guericke,
VP Marketing and Co-Founder at Linkedin.
"LinkedIn demonstrates that the business world is a
much smaller place than people commonly think, and I
hope people will learn from this that it's best to
behave as if you live in a small town where you can't
hide things and your actions determine your
reputation." - Konstantin Guericke
For more information, visit:
http://www.landed.fm/home/
OR
http://www.landed.fm/shows/konstantin.html
Can't wait to hear the powerhouse news!
Vincent Wright
5 Aug 2005
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Sunday, July 31, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] How will you use your 5 Linkedin requests this week?
With your Linkedin Beta Subscription, you can have up
to 5 requests en route, concurrently.
Assuming that you have all yours, how will you use
your 5 requests this week?
What would your ideal outcome be from those 5 requests
for the end this coming week?
By way of illustration: I'm planning to use my 5
requests to help one good client and one good friend -
both of whom are seeking senior level IT positions in
the New York Metropolitan area. (Senior Project
Manager and CIO/CTO/VP/Director, respectively.)
The ideal I'm seeking by end of day this coming Friday
is to have each of these gentlemen have at least a
phone screen scheduled for an appropriate fit. If I
can pull that off by end of day Friday, then I'm
sleeping in all day Saturday! :-) (Well, at least I'll
sleep in late! :-)))
Assuming that you're on Linkedin with a specific
business purpose in mind, what will you do with your 5
requests to feel that you can "exhale" and enjoy the
weekend?
What outcome will help you to feel that you've had a
good Linkedin week?
Vincent "Requesting" Wright
Creator/Moderator
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1 Aug 2005
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to 5 requests en route, concurrently.
Assuming that you have all yours, how will you use
your 5 requests this week?
What would your ideal outcome be from those 5 requests
for the end this coming week?
By way of illustration: I'm planning to use my 5
requests to help one good client and one good friend -
both of whom are seeking senior level IT positions in
the New York Metropolitan area. (Senior Project
Manager and CIO/CTO/VP/Director, respectively.)
The ideal I'm seeking by end of day this coming Friday
is to have each of these gentlemen have at least a
phone screen scheduled for an appropriate fit. If I
can pull that off by end of day Friday, then I'm
sleeping in all day Saturday! :-) (Well, at least I'll
sleep in late! :-)))
Assuming that you're on Linkedin with a specific
business purpose in mind, what will you do with your 5
requests to feel that you can "exhale" and enjoy the
weekend?
What outcome will help you to feel that you've had a
good Linkedin week?
Vincent "Requesting" Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
1 Aug 2005
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Friday, July 29, 2005
[LinkedinBlogger] "You Can't Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar" + ALFA + MLPF
Imagine my reaction upon being introduced to David
Sandler's sales training book "You Can't Teach A Kid
To Ride A Bike At A Seminar" just as I was in the
midst of trying to build a seminar marketing practice!
I wasn't sure I wanted to read it because it takes so
much steam to get a good seminar practice going.
But because the book was so strongly recommended and
because it was another wonderful bok gift, I
reluctantly read it. Again, another book I'm glad I
took a day to read.
Though I haven't read the book all the way through
again since reading it a couple of years ago, I think
it's worth mentioning it at a time of such vibrant
growth in the seminar industry and in Linkedin as
well. It may also help you to understand a bit better
how I see the value of MLPF within a kind of chaordic
milieu.
A.L.F.A.
1. Awareness - Before considering attending a seminar
on a subject such as Linkedin, we must first become
aware of the subject's existence. Linkedin has done a
wonderful job in making more than 3 Million people
aware of its existence - (Of course, the awareness
number is a lot higher when you consider those who are
aware of Linkedin but haven't yet joined). But just
being aware of Linkedin is not enough. We must learn
to use it.
2. Learning to use Linkdedin - There are a variety of
means by which we can learn things such as Linkedin:
tutorials, guides, seminars, classes, and forums such
as MLPF, etc. Most of us would probably agree that
multi-sensory learning situations such as seminars are
better for quick learning than the other learning
venues listed above. Yet, even learning via
multi-sensory seminars - by itself - is not enough.
We need something else before we can profit.
3. Fluency - We need to practice. If we are to derive
maximum benefit from what we learn, we need to
practice to the point of fluency, mastery, etc. MLPF
has proven to me, and hopefully to many others, to be
an excellent place to practice human interaction,
communication skills, problem solving, etc. I wish to
advocate that once you learn something at a seminar,
you need a place like MLPF to develop what you've
learned into a skill with which you can become fluent.
BUT - EVEN FLUENCY IS NOT ENOUGH! - Since this
section is the MLPF section, I'm saying that even MLPF
is not enough. You need something else before you can
profit.
4. Application - You need to apply your skills, you
need to apply your abilities, if you wish to profit.
Let's say that you are really, really, really good at
expressing yourself - but you never apply it. Someone
with skills inferior to yours can actually benefit
more than you do - though you have a greater skill
set. So, once you learn Linkedin techniques and
become fluent in your knowledge of them, please put
them into practice by going to Linkedin.com and
applying them. Get in contact with the people there
that you and your business and career need in order to
maximize yourself.
The above is not intended as a science - rather just a
few Friday evening thoughts I thought to organize
under an acronym to encourage you to take advantage of
the unbelievable value/power just sitting there at
Linkedin.com
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Vincent "ALFA" Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
7.29.2005
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Sandler's sales training book "You Can't Teach A Kid
To Ride A Bike At A Seminar" just as I was in the
midst of trying to build a seminar marketing practice!
I wasn't sure I wanted to read it because it takes so
much steam to get a good seminar practice going.
But because the book was so strongly recommended and
because it was another wonderful bok gift, I
reluctantly read it. Again, another book I'm glad I
took a day to read.
Though I haven't read the book all the way through
again since reading it a couple of years ago, I think
it's worth mentioning it at a time of such vibrant
growth in the seminar industry and in Linkedin as
well. It may also help you to understand a bit better
how I see the value of MLPF within a kind of chaordic
milieu.
A.L.F.A.
1. Awareness - Before considering attending a seminar
on a subject such as Linkedin, we must first become
aware of the subject's existence. Linkedin has done a
wonderful job in making more than 3 Million people
aware of its existence - (Of course, the awareness
number is a lot higher when you consider those who are
aware of Linkedin but haven't yet joined). But just
being aware of Linkedin is not enough. We must learn
to use it.
2. Learning to use Linkdedin - There are a variety of
means by which we can learn things such as Linkedin:
tutorials, guides, seminars, classes, and forums such
as MLPF, etc. Most of us would probably agree that
multi-sensory learning situations such as seminars are
better for quick learning than the other learning
venues listed above. Yet, even learning via
multi-sensory seminars - by itself - is not enough.
We need something else before we can profit.
3. Fluency - We need to practice. If we are to derive
maximum benefit from what we learn, we need to
practice to the point of fluency, mastery, etc. MLPF
has proven to me, and hopefully to many others, to be
an excellent place to practice human interaction,
communication skills, problem solving, etc. I wish to
advocate that once you learn something at a seminar,
you need a place like MLPF to develop what you've
learned into a skill with which you can become fluent.
BUT - EVEN FLUENCY IS NOT ENOUGH! - Since this
section is the MLPF section, I'm saying that even MLPF
is not enough. You need something else before you can
profit.
4. Application - You need to apply your skills, you
need to apply your abilities, if you wish to profit.
Let's say that you are really, really, really good at
expressing yourself - but you never apply it. Someone
with skills inferior to yours can actually benefit
more than you do - though you have a greater skill
set. So, once you learn Linkedin techniques and
become fluent in your knowledge of them, please put
them into practice by going to Linkedin.com and
applying them. Get in contact with the people there
that you and your business and career need in order to
maximize yourself.
The above is not intended as a science - rather just a
few Friday evening thoughts I thought to organize
under an acronym to encourage you to take advantage of
the unbelievable value/power just sitting there at
Linkedin.com
Thanks!
Vincent "ALFA" Wright
Creator/Moderator
My Linkedin Power Forum
7.29.2005
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