Comments on: Flavas of conference networking http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/flavas_of_conference Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Zoe P Goldring http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/flavas_of_conference#comment-7209 Zoe P Goldring Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:34:13 +0000 #comment-7209 <p>It was awesome getting to know you, and I couldn't agree more with your observations about the conference. I do want to add though that I consider myself quite shy so when I can use some other "in" to start a conversation with someone, that's where I start. I also have to admit that I am one of those work-now-play-later types though I value playing as much as work! Looking forward to chatting with you again soon...</p> It was awesome getting to know you, and I couldn’t agree more with your observations about the conference. I do want to add though that I consider myself quite shy so when I can use some other “in” to start a conversation with someone, that’s where I start. I also have to admit that I am one of those work-now-play-later types though I value playing as much as work! Looking forward to chatting with you again soon…

]]> By: michelle http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/flavas_of_conference#comment-7208 michelle Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:12:44 +0000 #comment-7208 wow, this is very interesting. i prefer the blogher style of schoomizing too. i recently wrote an article on networking and everyone i interviewed (coaches and worker bees alike) agreed: when you take the time to get to know the person across the table and maybe even see how you can help each other out, everyone's happier. i always hear peeps gripe about those who go to networking events only to blanket the room with their biz cards but never stop to make an actual connection with anyone. i met one of these biz-card blanketers a few months back at a media event. i saw him later in the year at a mutual friend's book reading. he didn't even know who i was. i, on the other hand, had remembered him as icky biz-card-blanketing dude. the fact that he threw his card at me and then didn't remember me next time we bumped into each other spoke volumes. how likely will i be to refer a client to him if a client needs names of additional freelancers? not very. wow, this is very interesting. i prefer the blogher style of schoomizing too. i recently wrote an article on networking and everyone i interviewed (coaches and worker bees alike) agreed: when you take the time to get to know the person across the table and maybe even see how you can help each other out, everyone’s happier. i always hear peeps gripe about those who go to networking events only to blanket the room with their biz cards but never stop to make an actual connection with anyone. i met one of these biz-card blanketers a few months back at a media event. i saw him later in the year at a mutual friend’s book reading. he didn’t even know who i was. i, on the other hand, had remembered him as icky biz-card-blanketing dude. the fact that he threw his card at me and then didn’t remember me next time we bumped into each other spoke volumes. how likely will i be to refer a client to him if a client needs names of additional freelancers? not very.

]]> By: Elisa Camahort http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/flavas_of_conference#comment-7210 Elisa Camahort Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:49:35 +0000 #comment-7210 Great talking with you at BBS this week Ariel. I wrote <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/elisa_camahort/iblog/C1894745042/E1936002359/index.html">a post</a> a couple of years ago about networking...and the value of sustained networking over tit-for-tat situational networking. My pinion is that the former has the potential for more mutual benefit over a longer-term horizon. And a key ingredient is learning, remembering and coming back to the personal details you learn about someone's life. (PS-There are plenty of men with whom I have this kind of connection.) Great talking with you at BBS this week Ariel. I wrote a post a couple of years ago about networking…and the value of sustained networking over tit-for-tat situational networking. My pinion is that the former has the potential for more mutual benefit over a longer-term horizon. And a key ingredient is learning, remembering and coming back to the personal details you learn about someone’s life.

(PS-There are plenty of men with whom I have this kind of connection.)

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2006/10/flavas_of_conference#comment-7211 Ariel Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:04:38 +0000 #comment-7211 Another big different between the two conferences? No one <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather/200490622/">took a picture of my shoes</a> at the Blog Business Summit. Another big different between the two conferences? No one took a picture of my shoes at the Blog Business Summit.

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