As a community manager, my daily tasks involve many social interactions with our freelance editors, such as onboarding new community members and bringing the community together for social events. I’ve ...
I’ve been a consultant and entrepreneur for over two decades and networking has undoubtedly been the key to my success. Ironically, I test off the charts as an introvert. And while I have approached ...
That’s what J. Kelly Hoey, author of Build Your Dream Network, told a packed room of lawyers and investment professionals at the New York City Bar Association in late January of this year. After ...
Corporate life throws up some stressful moments. Bringing bad news to your boss; facing an interview panel; making a big presentation. But few things are worse than networking if you are an introvert.
Former Twitter editorial director Wickre delivers a sensible if unremarkable guide to networking for those who’d rather not. While many people hate networking—an activity commonly viewed as ...
Answer by Helen Min, Head of Marketing at Quora, on Quora: Everyone will tell you networking is important, but for introverts, networking is an especially effective way to increase the number of ...
If you’re like me, an introvert, approaching strangers at networking events goes against the grain of who I am. I am not very good at small talk and trying to sell myself to a room full of strangers ...
Karen Wickre has been working in Silicon Valley longer than most Silicon Valley CEOs have been alive. She came to the Bay Area in the mid-1980s to join a nonprofit, but ended up spending the 30 years ...
I have a confession to make: I can be pretty awkward. When I am not in my element, I can be quiet and standoffish. I am not a natural extrovert, so events such as seminars and conferences are ...