What a surprise I had this morning when I checked my email.  As many of you know, I wrote several weeks ago about a plane trip my children and I took with my father on a B-24 that was here in Chicago.  This morning I got an email from the son of the pilot, Michael […]

  Mikki Williams, CSP is one of the great connectors not only in Chicago, but nationally and internationally.  Mikki is my professional speaking coach, my Vistage chair, and a dear friend.  Many of you have read about the chain of events that brough Mikki into my life, and now you get to hear her amazing networking […]

  I have been tagged today by fellow relationship networker Jason Jacobsohn from The Chicagoland Chamber and his great blog Networking Insight.  I have to share 8 random things about myself that people may not know, so here I go:

I am an avid Packer Fan like Jason.  I did not grow up in Wisconsin, but […]

Yesterday I was driving downtown with my friend Patrice Marks of National Realty Network.  We were discussing different networking groups (BNI, NAWBO leads groups etc…)  What makes a group successful and what makes a group less than successful?
We were also discussing a great lead Patrice had received and how she handled an almost closed deal […]

“He sounds different.  That is why they can hear him.”  This sentence is a quote from the movie Man of the Year with Robin Williams.  This quote was said by Lewis Black to Robin Williams when Robin didn’t understand why he got elected as President.
“Hello, my name is Sue Smith and I am a ——”  […]

How do you feel about networking?  How often do you attend events?  What do you like about networking?  What really bothers you about networking?
We are conducting a survey on networking and connecting.  This survey is going to be used for future postings and for articles related to boomerang sales, boomerang connecting, boomerang networking, strategic relationship […]

When was the last time you met someone new that had a story that HAD to be told?  When was the last time you really listened to someone’s story and were compelled to do whatever you could to help them?  When was the last time you were so moved by someone that you wanted to […]

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 […]

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.  […]

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 […]