A lot of people hate self promotion. Many mistake it for bragging. Bragging IS a huge turn off. There is a difference between the two. Self promotion is a conversation. It is not about someone tell anyone in earshot how great you are but never listening to the other person. My favorite forms of self [...]
I used to absolutely HATE networking. I would avoid it like the plague. But back in 2004 I changed my mind about networking. I changed the way I thought about networking so it changed the way I behaved when I decided to go to an event. I was working exclusively at home at the time. [...]
In May, I took the two week course taught by Nancy Ancowitz on Self-Promotion for Introverts at New York University. I had heard Nancy speak on the topic in March as well which is why I decided to take her course. Seminars are great but I like taking longer classes as they give me the [...]