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LF-SPROG Brochure and business card

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The folder and business card has been designed by Influence. I think they look good and give a professional impression.
Contents of the individual modules are progressing really nicely. I had not realised before just how much time is involved in setting up such a course.  One of my networking friends who have set up several (very successful) IT courses reckons that it takes 40 hours for every one hour completed course material. Have any of you who run courses found this to hold true?
It has made me realise how spoiled I was with STN where the course material was prepared by them and we were given regular update training!
Next step – apart from completing the course content – is to preparing course hand-outs. Then – the acid test – contact to local businesses and educational institutions to gauge interest of participation at group level. I have already had very positive response from individuals.

50.000 Contacts and The Law of BIG Numbers

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50.000 Contacts and The Law of BIG Numbers

50.000 Contacts and The Law of BIG Numbers

Often when I spend time on virtual networking, I have asked myself :

- ´What is the best strategy for virtual networking … ?´
- and, when looking at all the ´expert answers´ on the Internet you will find lots of very, very different answers for this question …
- eg.:
  • - should I focus on national contacts, or global contacts ?
  • - should I focus on a few, selected contacts, or massive numbers of random contacts ?
  • - am I only working towards a narrow goal, or do I believe in serendipities and ´unexpected opportunities´ ?
  • - etc. …
- as always – it depends on ´what you want´ – or – ´what do you want to acheive´?
- also, it is important to bear in mind that this way of networking is significantly different from ´real life networking´
- recently the founder of ecademy.com – Thomas Power – has written about his practical experiences from 10+ years of being a ´super-networker´
- very inspiring, very informative !
- highly recommended reading – for you who … :
  • - already are a dedicated and experienced networker
  • - are an active, but ´wait-and-see´ networker
  • - still hasn´t started on the path of virtual networking …

55 Ways How To Find Your Hidden Talent

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Finding your own specific talent may be a challenge in itself …

Transforming this into a viable business may be even more challenging

and, also transforming this into a profitable business, well … – even more challenging …

- and, when talking to lots of people and entrepeneurs over the years, experience shows that there is not one, single, ´right´ way way to find ´your way´

This is illustrated very clearly on a recent posting on the blog of ´The Toilet Paper Entrepeneur´

Inspiring, thought-provoking and fun …

see : 55 Ways How To Find Your Hidden Talent

Do you recognize yourself ? … what kind of networker are you … ?

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An interesting attempt has been made to categorize us – the networkers – into 4 groups:

The hawk :
The Hawk sets his objectives, establishes a strategic network and is activating it straightforward on the network highway. The objective is more important than the way you are getting there. The clever hawk likes to network, but only with those from whom he can benefit.

The butterfly:
The Butterfly enjoys the process and a good chemistry, and he finds his network on the Marguerit-route (the touristic, sight-seeing route). The butterfly chooses the beautiful road with the exciting experiences and surprises. To him, the journey is more important than the objective. The clever butterfly will network with everybody, with whom he shares chemistry and values.

The mole:
The mole likes the ethics, the mutual respect and that things are being done well. The strategy of the mole is not to network during the working hours, because he is blind to his own potentials. The clever mole will network with those he respects.

The lion:
The lion loves to network and has got a unifying force, so when the lion want to activate his network; he explains his intensions and motivates his network to reach the goal. The lion possesses the greatest inclusiveness compared to the others, and he is networking with everybody. Consequently, the lion has a much bigger network than the other types of networkers.

Do you recognize yourself? Do you recognize others? Can you imagine other types, and how would you define those?

Comments, feedback and sharing of your own experiences are welcome

- the text above has been copied with kind permission from the blog at ecademy.com of Bent O. Palmvang – a networking contact at www.ecademy.com

The networking types are described in a new book – “Løven og Marguerit-ruten” – by the two Danish authors Susan BINAU and Marina HJOERDIE, published june 2008, at www.ceoneo.com

regards

Dann Sommer

Personlig Coaching & Mentaltræning. Stress-reduktion.

Personlig Coaching. Telefon-coaching, Skype-coaching

Web : www.dann-sommer.dk

 

 

17 ideer som vil forandre din forretning

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- måske du allerede ér stødt på nogle af emnerne : ´Lean Thinking´, ´Den Kinesiske Drage´, CRM, ROI, Open-Source, Wisdom of Crowds, …

- et par af de begreber, der pt. er moderne og jævnligt omtales i erhvervsblade, strategi-seminarer og andet der har karakter af ´management news´

- … hver tid har sine strømninger, sine trends, begreber, ´buzz-words´

 - og, nogle af disse strømninger vi læser om, lige nu, får betydning for, hvorledes kunder og beslutnings-tagere i virksomheder træffer valg og foretager køb, indenfor de næste 1-3-5 år

 - på kommunikationsforum.dk ligger der en artikel med en ganske god, samlet og forståelig beskrivelse af nogle af tidens aktuelle begreber

- ” … jamen, jeg har jo ikke en virksomhed, hvor jeg skal bruge CRM, Lean, Open-Source, whatever … ” , vil du måske tænke ?

- og ja, det kan meget vel være at det ikke er af betydning for at kunne drive din egen virksomhed

- men, det er højst sandsynligt at det kommer til at påvirke hvorledes dine kunder og samarbejdspartnere kommer til at drive virksomhed … – endda indenfor en meget overskuelig tidshorisont ! - og, dermed mulighederne for at afsætte dine egne ydelser …

- så, evt. kan det overvejes om indholdet i artiklen vil kunne indgå som en del af inspirationen til den næste strategi-plan

- artikel på kommunikationsforum.dk : ´17 ideer som vil forandre din forretning´

 - artiklen er ikke helt ny – imidlertid, jeg er selv faldet over den ved et tilfælde, og oplever at den stadig rammer en vigtig del af de temaer som synes at være ´oppe i tiden´ – vurdér selv

 

hilsen

Dann Sommer

Personlig Coach & Mentaltræner. ErhvervsCoach.

Personlig Coaching, Telefon-coaching, Skype-coaching

Web : www.dann-sommer.dk