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Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
September 19, 2019

The chronic malcontent plays hooky to go to school

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Last night I took a night off from daughter duty to attend an in-service (teacher training) at the local community college for which I occas...
March 07, 2017

It's almost spring . . . time for a little networking!

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I've hunkered in my cave long enough. It's almost spring. Time to do a little networking! If you've read any of my blog posts fr...
January 13, 2015

Celebrate! You fail at life.

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Finally, there is an official Meetup in Portland for failures. It's called FailPDX, and last night was its kickoff meeting. I heard abou...
October 09, 2014

Un-join me

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As I slide down the dark tunnel toward winter, I'm embracing my inner curmudgeon by de-connecting from social media. I started with Link...
August 28, 2014

The chronic malcontent is itching for a niche to scratch

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I wish I were smarter. If I were smarter, I would no doubt be able to gather up all the loose ends of this entrepreneurial fiasco and bundle...
August 14, 2014

Back in the (teaching) saddle again: Yeehaw!

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Last night I gave my first official presentation to a small crowd of Meetup junkies. We met in a back room at a Chinese restaurant, where in...
July 31, 2014

I'm a stumpy-legged fish paddling in a dwindling pond

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Summer is speeding by while I'm learning the nuances of networking. Another delicious 90° day in Portland. I went out in the mid-morning...
July 18, 2014

Your sweet hopeless dreams have finally come true

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I often get spam email in my Outlook inbox. I've set up rules that filter out anything with the words pfizer , viagra , penis enlargemen...
July 15, 2014

Don't talk to me, I'm networking

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I'm starting to get a sense of the networking scene. Tonight I got another perspective on it at a networking event about networking. I k...
July 09, 2014

I'm going to die penniless at 90

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This is a great time of year to be homeless in Portland. Not that I'm homeless, yet, just saying. This is my kind of season: day after d...
June 12, 2014

We are all at the epicenter

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In the past few weeks I've heard or seen a reference to what you should do if you have six hours to chop down a tree (spend four hours s...
April 02, 2014

Introversion is not a disease

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Today, as one of my marketing activities, I sent an email to a marketing guru here in Portland. I will let him remain nameless. You might kn...
March 13, 2014

Who does networking better: people or ants?

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As I recover from the minor trauma of having my breasts squashed between two plastic plates by an overly enthusiastic technician, I reflect ...
February 19, 2014

Invisible old chronically malcontented white woman seeks way to get noticed

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Two things have become clear to me tonight after attending yet another networking event. First, if I want a successful networking experience...
February 17, 2014

Contemplating an uncertain future... but aren't we all?

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Last Friday I failed to get up at 7:00 a.m. to drive downtown in the rain for a networking event. My failure precipitated a plunge into a mo...
January 31, 2014

Marketing people talk really fast

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Yesterday I got up before the sun and drove out I-84 to a marketing conference at Edgefield, a former county poorhouse, now a retro-chic hot...