This weekend I attended the first ever Podcamp Cleveland. It was an incredible day – more about what I learned in future posts – and several sponsors provided beverages and food to make the day completely FREE to those in attendance. Amazing. The committee that planned this event did a terrific job. One of the sponsors [...]
I had the opportunity to spend the evening with three other women for the purpose of selecting a winner of a $1,000 college scholarship. Jo-Ann McFearin, a highly celebrated and successful Howard Hanna real estate genius, is a customer of mine. When she called asking me to be part of the selection committee, I jumped [...]
Many years ago while attending a manager training for Pearle Vision our teacher, Dorthea, told a story that has stuck vividly with me ever since. A store manager told of the day when no one would come into her store. Her Pearle Vision location was a free standing store and the employees parked their car in [...]
I was visiting Custom Auto Body in North Canton last week for a meeting with Lance Runion, VP and General Manager. We are working on a project together and it was the first time I’d visited his shop. Expecting a typical auto repair store with worn carpet, car and truck magazines and ugly metal chairs [...]
In the recent edition of Cosmo there is an article that talks about the Six Things Guys Notice in the First Six Seconds. There are a few obvious answers: smile, hair and cleavage but also a couple surprises: makeup, skin and your purse. The article reports that guys make certain assumptions about you by what they notice [...]
I have company coming for Thanksgiving and as I make a list of all that needs to be done before they arrive, I realize the carpets need to be cleaned. The cleaner I used to use is no longer in business so it was back to the Yellow Pages to make a few calls. I [...]
Do you still view networking/after hours events as a race to see how many business cards you can gather? I just recently went to such an event where the host gave a gift to the person who’d obtained the most cards. How can you build relationships when all you really want is the card. And [...]
You’ve seen them, haven’t you? The signs that shout out all of the rules before you even say hello? Once you enter, you might find more signs: No refunds No credit cards No personal checks No substitutions or exchanges No, No NO! You wonder if they will say no to cash. Signs like that set [...]
I was just attended a fair at which a number of people sat at a series of long tables advertising workshops and classes they were going to be teaching this week. There were classes on philosophy,scrap-booking, yoga and sailing. They ran the gambit of education to entertainment; crafting to communication. My Mom and I walked [...]
Have you shopped Wal-Mart? When you check out, the credit card machine asks one of a series of random questions. “Was the store clean today?” “Was your cashier friendly?” I’ve shopped there enough to be aware of the question. I am assuming the answer ties to the person at the register and with today’s automation, [...]
