I came to a realization a few weeks ago:  People treat others based on personality.
I should have realized it when I was watching Harold and Kumar’s Trip to White Castle. Remember when Harold’s co-workers dumped all that extra work on him?  That’s because Harold was a pushover… until he stood up to them.  (Riding [...]

Since college I’ve had three major transitions in my life.  Going to college.  Studying abroad.  Getting a job.
Transitioning to college was great.  Social interactions were easy for one reason:  we were all in the same situation. It was everyone’s first time being on their own and being in a new world that no one had [...]

I haven’t wanted to write about this…  Mostly because I’m appalled by what I’ve seen.  But I feel compelled to because it’s going to become a huge issue among college campuses.
If you’ve not heard of JuicyCampus, you probably will sometime in next few months.
It’s a social networking site where people can anonymously post anything about [...]

I spent last Tuesday night at a career fair in Madison.  Personally, I’ve always thought career fairs are entirely worthless. But after being on the other side of them, I realized that they’re only mostly worthless…
I was expressing this opinion to a co-worker of mine and she said, “Well at least it’s a great resume [...]

I went to the Chicago New Media Summit on last Monday and Tuesday… but I didn’t do it the traditional way.  By that, I mean I didn’t pay… and I figured out how to make yourself the luckiest person at the conference. Here are a few tricks I learned that worked great:
Volunteer - Instead of [...]

There is one message that was pounded into my head all throughout college.
It’s the same message that any marketing professional has heard 1,000 times…
Never try to be all things to all people.
Here are the typical examples people use time and time again:
Winners                           [...]

If you love garage sales (like myself), but don’t have the time to go to one, you need to check out Mike Sansone right now.  He’s having the first Garage Sale 2.0. He’ll sell basically anything you’d want (including his dog…  maybe.)
He’s UStreaming the sale, so you can check in at any point during the [...]

When I was in college, a friend and I taught a ten week course about presentation skills to underclassmen.  One of the lessons was about the properties of influence… SPARCLS is acronym we used.  Right now I’m going through a training called “Building Credibility and Influence.”  Naturally, these same six principles popped up again…
Social Proof [...]

Social networks are powerful.  Whether you’re on Facebook or not… you’re still part of a number of networks:  co-workers, friends, volunteer groups, professional associations, and all the colleagues that you have met along the way. 
That is a lot of people to keep up with… and I’ve finally discovered the best way to do so.
Every couple [...]