The Healing Power of Social Networking

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MSNBC ran an article today entitled When You Don't Want to Be Friends on Facebook that I found fascinating. Many commented on the awkwardness of having someone from your junior high or high school days who you haven't talked to in decades find you and ask to friend you on Facebook. I have an entir...

Networking Authentically

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Check out these wise words of networking wisdom from Gen Y blogger and entrepreneur Jun Loayza over on the Brazen Careerist blog. Jun reminds us that a bigger online network doesn't mean a better network. Avoid "promiscuous linking" and connect to people you know well or want to get to know ...

Networking Through Online Affinity Groups

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Over on the Stealth Networking Blog, Liz Lynch writes about networking apathy and ways to overcome it. Sometimes people who struggle with networking resist it because they feel the process is unnatural and puts them in situations where they are not comfortable. The key is to find communities that ...