#dearyoungself Don’t be afraid to ask f

whitneywilkers — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:53:55 +0000

#dearyoungself Don’t be afraid to ask for help!

We have a great webinar on April 5th wit

whitneywilkers — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:40:04 +0000

We have a great webinar on April 5th with @dmallard about identifying & maximizing your natural strengths & talents. Stay tuned for details!

Color of the year: honeysuckle. Nothing

whitneywilkers — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:45:06 +0000

Color of the year: honeysuckle. Nothing says confident like a splash of color alongside your everyday office attire! http://ow.ly/42AON

For our younger NEXTers looking to inter

whitneywilkers — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:13:37 +0000

For our younger NEXTers looking to intern: Win $250 for your office wardrobe from @LOFT http://cot.ag/er7zvI courtesy of @hercampus

What aspect of your professional life will you strengthen this week?

whitneywilkers — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:35:04 +0000

View This Poll

Boom Times for Young Workers

whitneywilkers — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:29:38 +0000

Cost-cutting Layoffs Create Opportunities to Move Up Quickly and Acquire Responsibilities.

Learn how the tough economy can jumpstart your career. Then, share similar experiences that you have had!

Click here to read more

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi

whitneywilkers — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:20:26 +0000

Barnes & Noble Synopsis:

Do you want to get ahead in life?

Climb the ladder to personal success?

The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships-so that everyone wins.

In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps-and inner mindset-he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his Rolodex, people he has helped and who have helped him.

The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to a scholarship at Yale, a Harvard MBA, and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington’s corridors of power to Hollywood’s A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.

Ferrazzi’s form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handling usually associated with “networking.” He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Among them:

Don’t keep score: It’s never simply about getting what you want. It’s about getting what you want and making sure that the people who are important to you get what they want, too.

“Ping” constantly: The Ins and Outs of reaching out to those in your circle of contacts all the time-not just when you need something.

Never eat alone: The dynamics of status are the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a society event- “invisibility” is a fate worse than failure.

In the course of the book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Katherine Graham to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama.

Chock full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” and more, Never Eat Alone is destined to take its place alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People as an inspirational classic.

Purchase your copy here.

What qualities and resources have you found to be essential in helping people to reach their own goals?

whitneywilkers — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:51:12 +0000

Page’s advice is:

Actually writing them down! Finding an accountability partner and/or mentor can also be key.

Page Crawford Fehling of Greenroom Communications was the featured speaker for our February event -The S.M.A.R.T. Way to a Fulfilling Life and Career. Page is a third generation consultant/trainer with 15 years of experience doing what she loves best: teaching adults and helping lead them into vastly improved personal and professional life skills through dynamic, interactive and most of all FUN training seminars!

Page can be reached at www.visitthegreenroom.com.

NEXT for Women’s Spring Networking Night

whitneywilkers — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:29:32 +0000

Join NEXT for Women and other career-driven young women as we reconnect with old colleagues and create new professional connections during an evening of high-value networking on The Mint’s outdoor patio.

Light food will be provided, along with a cash bar.

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

S.M.A.R.T. stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and trackable. What are some ways that “NEXT Women” can measure their goal-setting success?

whitneywilkers — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:16:05 +0000

Page’s advice is:

Setting “baby step goals” on your way to a “big picture goal” is the best way to measure your success as you go. For example, if your bpg is to get a job in finance some good bsg’s are researching 5 finance companies you’d like to work for, sending resumes to those 5 companies, setting up informational interviews with at least one person at each place, getting at least 2 job interviews etc. All things that are directly leading to that final goal of getting the job, but broken down into smaller goals so you feel like you’re accomplishing something on your way there. Which you are!

Page can be reached at www.visitthegreenroom.com.