NETWORLDING

Vincent Wright KNOWS How to Network

I went out to an event early today - reluctantly.

Since I'd only found out about the event within the past 48 hours, I
thought that there was no way that I could clear my calendar enough to
go.

But then, I decided to go - ONLY because I wanted to offer my
undeniable support to a local friend who made it clear that he needed
support.

In a nutshell, here are my take aways from going to this meeting I
didn't want to go to:

1. Met the Mayor of Hartford
2. Met Hartford's Chief of Police and a Councilwoman who happens to be
a writer whom I admire
3. Reconnected with a Board of Education director whose family I know
almost as well as my own
4. Met 10 local business and community leaders whom I'd ordinarily
relish meeting - Believe me, I RELISHED meeting them!
5. Visited one of my favorite sites in Hartford (The Artists'
Collective) Great improvements coming to the neighborhood.
6. Heard a local live band play some classic jazz (Haven't heard some
of those classics live in a very long time)
7. Witnessed some young men and women do AMAZING classical African
dances.  AMAZING.   My eyes were happy!
8. Saw a beautiful dance excerpt from the Lion King
9. Saw a young man do a breathtaking hip hop dance (He jumped on a
dinner table with a lit candle on it - don't know if it was planned.)
10. Got a small, one-day contract
11. Met the wife and son of legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_McLean)
12. Engaged in really good conversation the entire time  (I LOVE good
conversation! )
13. Met a Criminologist whose views are so clear that it would be a
crime to keep them private!
14. Found a venue tor monthly networking events - which I'm ECSTATIC
about starting!!!
15. Free dinner! :-)

And, yeah - supported MY FRIEND!

I really think I need to get out MORE! :-)
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Thanks,
Vincent Wright
www.VincentWright.com
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.com (Yahoo)
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.biz (Linkedin)
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.net (Facebook)
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.org (Ning)

Linkedin: Much Ado About A Million Or Two

Linkedin: Much Ado About A Million Or Two

A Brief Meditative Contemplation About Extraordinary Potential

I think Linkedin is better than Linkedin thinks it is.

Surprising statement perhaps.   But bear with me for a moment.

You see I believe I look at Linkedin a bit differently than most people do.

I haven't talked with Linkedin about specific numbers and I intentionally didn't invest the time to do exhaustive research on specific numbers.

Those two things aside, let's take some very broad numbers and contemplate some things that make them worth considering.   Things that make you go, "Hmmmm!!!"  At least they do that for me! :-)

If we say that Linkedin is a networking environment for business professionals and then say that the average Linkedin member has 10 years of experience and then say that there are now 15 million users, that's a total of 150 MILLION YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE!   

Sitting there. 

Sort of like oil fields, or goldmines, or spice islands, or "acres of diamonds". 

Just sitting there. 

Hmmmm!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if my memory serves me correctly, I believe it only took 962 person years to build New York's Empire Station Building.

If there are 150 Million years worth of experience on Linkedin, that could mean:

1. hundreds of thousands of years of business building experience
2. thousands of years of artistic experience
3. thousands of years of computer experience
4. thousands of years of entertainment experience
5. thousands of years of medical experience
6. thousands of years of nonprofit experience
7. thousands of years of scientific experience
8. thousands upon thousands of years of communication experience
9. thousands upon thousands of years of executive leadership experience
10. thousands upon thousands of years of problem resolution experience
11. hundreds of thousands of years of teaching & coaching & counseling experience
12. MILLIONS of years of networking experience

Hmmmm!!!  I wonder what would happen if those thousands, if those hundreds of thousands, if those thousands upon thousands, if those MILLIONS of years of experience could talk, could communicate, could be put to SOME USE? 

I wonder and I wonder and I wonder!!!

Hmmmm!!!

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Thanks, 
Vincent Wright
www.VincentWright.com
www.TeachUsAbout.com
www.ForumActionDay.com
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.com
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