Theodore Henderson

Online networking works, but relationships are the most important part of the process. Using the Internet to exchange ideas, share knowledge and increase visibility will only become more essential in the coming years. Online networking is really catching on in business and professional circles. However, face-to-face networking isn't going away, but is augmented by its online brethren.

I recently read an article in the May 2008 Business Week that men are experiencing a harder time between jobs because they aren't willing to take lower pay for a less socially desirable position. For example going from a $30 hour position to becoming a greeter at WalMart can cause considerable angst to most people

1) Get a Grownup Email Address 2) Get With The In Crowd 3) Pick Your Spot 4) Twitter Your Time on Facebook 5) No Fear 6) Online Discussion – Not Spamming 7) Appreciation is Appreciated 8) Feeling Adventurous 9) Proper Tag Line

Be 100% Focused on Your Goal One of the main reasons job searches are either unsuccessful or frustratingly slow is that either you aren't sure what you want or you aren't treating it as a "do or die goal". What this means is simply that you need to have the perseverance and the will to refuse to accept not achieving your goal. In other words you have to be single-minded and goal focused. After all it is "your" job you are chasing after but you have to outlast the pack.

It's popular to believe that a cigar chewing, crew-cut, fire breathing son of a gun, gets the most out of people and is the prototype of a great leader. You do occasionally find instances of this but let's take a moment and think of modern US history from WWII forward. Does this description fit Franklin Delano Roosevelt? No, he doesn't fit the mold. Harry Truman? No. John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King? No. I think you get my point.

Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won't easily forget what to say.

How come intelligent, business-savvy people end up boring their audiences? They fail to recognize that public speaking is an acquired skill that improves with practice and honest feedback. Speaking for 20 minutes before the right group of people can do more for your career than spending a year behind a desk!

If you are online as a business person or an entrepreneur I thought it would be interesting to come up with a must have productivity tool kit (there's option or two). The following collection are tool that I utilize to keep my productivity high.

Harold "Terry" McGraw III, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. graciously took the time last year to explain his corporation's support for Toastmasters clubs. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies provide global information services in the financial services, education and business information markets through brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, Business Week and J.D. Power and Associates. The corporation has more than 280 offices

First woman in 20 years wins World Championship of Public Speaking – The Toastmaster magazine, October 2008 – By Paul Sterman and Beth Black