LinkedIn Power Session
Friday, March 19 • 8a - 10a
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In this workshop you will to use this business networking tool to make more powerful connections, promote your expertise, as well as research companies and prospects. Whether you are new or looking for ways to be more effective with LinkedIn, you are sure to learn at least 7 things that you can do immediately to leverage this online network. The cost for this 2-hour workshop is $30 per attendee and limited to 15 participants. Advanced registration is required for attendance.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Get Action from your Email
If you’ve been around email long enough, you have certainly experienced the misunderstandings that email can sometimes cause. But to go even further, how do you make sure that your emails will actually help get things done. The key is to write about one thing per email.
From Web Worker Daily’s article “7 Rules for Communicating [...]
Yahoo Launches Shine for Women
Webware brings us this post about Yahoo’s new vertical site aimed at women, Shine.
Just when you thought it was safe
Now that Twitter is starting to hit the main stream, enter the publicity stunt of ColorWars2008. And if you are enticed, sign up for the veryGreenTeam, which is exactly what Ze Frank is trying to get you to do. “Tweet!“
Way Too Many Gadgets in the Car
If you find yourself fumbling with your cell phone, MP3 player, GPS or other devices in your car, get things neatly organized with ProClip. It is a 2 part solution where you pick the holder for your device and the mounting adapter for your car. A great way to securely hold the devices while keeping [...]
Steven Colbert on Wikiality
As a follow-up to the previous post about understanding Wikis, here is a great segment from The Colbert Report. In August of 2006, Steven Colbert edited several Wikipedia articles during the taping of his show. After making his changes, Colbert encouraged his viewers to spread his concept of Wikiality by changing the Wikipedia entries on [...]
Wikis in Plain English
Here is a great video from YouTube that explains the concept of Wikis in a 4 minute video. There are a number of other videos available from the YouTube Channel for the Common Craft Show.
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
I love the style of the Common Craft videos as [...]
David Allen offers free advice for getting email under control
Get it while it’s hot…
Getting Email Under Control
It is a free PDF download, although it requires registration with Davidco.com.
Dinner with Andy Troutman
Last night, our family and the friends we are staying with had the privilege of having dinner with wine maker Andy Troutman and his family. Since I’ve been a little bit obsessed with wine for the past 18 months, I seriously enjoyed the whole experience.
Andy’s house is at the Winery at Wolf Creek, somewhere near [...]
Tourist Trap in Ohio
The excitement (?!) from yesterday was a trip to Lehman’s, a store that excels in pretending to connect tourists to the Amish. Apparently, they just completed major renovations and expanded significantly to add a café.
The store itself (and its newly expanded parking lot) is located in the center of downtown (ahem) Kidron, Ohio. Please note [...]
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