One of my favorite people that I enjoy seeing at events is my dear friend Anna Maria Viti-Welch of Guy Viti Insurance in Highwood, IL.  I had the opportunity to sit with Anna Maria last week and ask her about her success in using the skills of relationship networking as a strategic marketing tool to […]

Do you remember when you were a little boy or girl sitting in pre-school or kindergarden listening to your teacher read a story to you?  Imagine what that was like.  You were probably sitting with your legs crossed on the floor, your arms folded in your lap, or you were leaning forward with your arms […]

I was very honored today to meet up with Chris Turley of Turley Architects in Evanston, IL.  I met Chris over a year ago when I first joined Dean Klassman’s group called, The Networking Group.  Chris was the first person to reach out to me as a new member for our one-on-one.
Now, you must remember, as […]

Have you every wondered about all the places to network?  I guess the more important question is - where not to network!
If you ask me, building relationships and getting to know people can be done everywhere.  If we use the word “network” as most people do, there would be restrictions on where you would network.  […]

In the world of connections, there are many terms that people need to learn, but understand that these terms are general.  Networking and Leads groups are two of those terms that have a specific meaning for me, and many of you out in cyber land, but for someone else, they can blow the definitions away.  […]

I hope you will each indulge me for a blog entry to honor someone I love, honor and respect.  Yesterday, my father, Ralph Tash, invited my four children, Avi, Aliza, Golan and Daveed to share in an experience that was sentimental, and quite emotional.  My father was a navigator in WWII on a B24 Bomber that […]

So, how many of you saw this heading and thought, “Oh no - not a financial planner!!!”  Many of us walk into networking events, networking groups and leads groups knowing that there will be a financial planner in the group.  It was true of every group I was a member of.  If there was not […]

I love Jeffrey Gitomer’s quote in his book, Little Black Book of Connections.  It is so good, it takes up the inside front cover and the first page of his book.  “All things being equal, people want to do business with their friends.  All things being not quite so equal, people STILL want to do business […]

Excuse me for being a bit proud at the moment, but I would like you all to meet Avi (Avraham) Mor, my oldest son.  Avi is an architectural and theatrical lighting designer who is an independent contractor with Lightswitch.  What does this have to do with networking?
Avi developed his love for lighting when he was in […]

I just came back from California and couldn’t wait to tell everyone about this terrible networking experience I had.  When I decided to attend the National Speakers Association conference in San Diego, I also decided to go visit my parents in the Palm Springs area beforehand. 
My father, Ralph Tash, is so cute.  He cut out […]