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I’ve always known the Skyline Club to be a wonderful facility on top of the One American Plaza in downtown Indianapolis. I’ve seen how it looks during the At The Top networking events, but I had the opportunity to visit the club for one of my first visits times at a non-At The Top event. [...]
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We announced a special Summer Networking Challenge to attendees at April’s At The Top networking event. The Summer Networking Challenge is an inspiring, adventurous program designed to strengthen your self-awareness, build your character and leadership skills and expand your communication abilities. The challenge is a partnership between At The Top and the Spice Challenge, and [...]
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The following is based on an excerpt of a book I’m writing on online and offline networking. If you have any comments, I would appreciate it. You can email me at erik [at] problogservice [dot] com. How often do you change jobs? Are you moving up in your career ladder? Or has each job change [...]
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Jim Morris, special adviser to the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Indiana Pacers, will be our speaker on Thursday, May 20. Jim’s role with the Pacers is to enhance their community core values, outreach, and partnerships. Before he came to the Pacers, Jim was the executive director for the United Nations World Food [...]
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Personal networking is about image. So is marketing. So the April At The Top strategy session will be Mistakes people make when marketing their business, and how you can avoid them. We’ll discuss how people and small businesses can avoid many of the mistakes their competitors and colleagues are making. The session will be held [...]
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In my last post, I talked about how and why I like sharing business and knowledge with my competitors. Some people may think I’m crazy. But for other people, your competitors could be some of your biggest sources of business. Let’s look at a few possible scenarios: David owns a small law firm that he [...]
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I love my competitors. They’ve been really good to me. No, seriously. I’ve been lucky enough to have some excellent relationships with my competitors. Over the past several years, I’ve gotten a lot of business, sales, and even personal and professional opportunities. I’m even friends with a couple of them. Why? Because they’re not really [...]
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I was reminded in a conversation recently about the importance of finding some of your best collaborating partners with your competition. And I’ve seen this quite a bit this week watching the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I was especially struck by the close friendship between America’s Lindsey Vonn and Germany’s Maria Riesch, two skiers [...]
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Watching the 2010 Vancouver Olympics reminds me of a news story I heard in 2000 during the Sydney Olympics, which can teach us a valuable lesson about networking. There was a 13-year-old girl from one of the nearby island nations — I couldn’t even tell you which one — competing in the women’s swimming events. [...]
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I got to wondering about social clubs, especially since the Skyline Club has been very good to us, allowing us to use their facilities for At The Top networking events. I figured the history of social clubs would hearken back to Britain, but wasn’t sure how they made their way to modern-day America. So I [...]
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