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Another Great Shifting Gears Event
I have a lot of thoughts swirling in my head right now after our presentation of The New and Improved 10 Commandments of Networking at the MEDC Shifting Gears reunion event Friday night. While those are distilling down to some coherent thoughts and points, just wanted to take a moment to say “thank you” to…
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A Nice Success Story
We love getting these. This one came in from Randall Curry: Bob, Dave, Jeff – Let me keep this as short and to the point as possible: First, I got a job through the last Pink Slip Party at the Post in Novi. Second, thank you so much for what you guys do. Since the…
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Guilt By Association: Never Invite The Vampire In
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “There are none so blind as those who will not see” – The Bible “Aren’t you going to invite me in?” – Every vampire, ever. Recently, I’ve had a very valuable lesson hammered…
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The Awkward Moment
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. Every now and then, one of us does something that merits a little self call-out. Bob owned up with Drunk Guy, and so now it’s my turn with The Awkward Moment. Now you…
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You Are Not A Social Media Expert
We’ve always said that we’re not “social media experts”. We’re not. We try things, we experiment, and we have some moderate amount of success with certain things…but we’re not experts. And there’s always been something that bothered me about that term – “social media expert” – but I could never really nail down what it…
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What Taking My Daughter to a Comic Book Store Taught Me
I like to think that I’m a pretty decent human being. Don’t think I didn’t hear that snort of derision…lighten up – I didn’t say “perfect”, I just said “pretty decent”. I think I’m fairly socially conscious. I’m morally aware of what’s going on in the world around me. I help those who need assistance.…
