Welcome to Lillian D. Bjorseth's Newsletters

Through "Communicate and Network Your Way to Success," Lillian shares tips and techniques to help you take baby steps or giant steps (depending on where you are) to move your career forward. You can use the valuable information in the office or wherever your business takes you. She also keeps you apprised of public programs she is giving in your area. Lillian welcomes your questions in her "Ask the Business Networking Authority" section. Send them to her at lillianspeaks@duoforce.com

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Volume 5 , Issue 3
August 2008
Feature article: “Improve Your Phone People-Reading Skills (Part II)"
Ask the business networking authority:
Do you hand out resumes at a networking event?

Volume 5 , Issue 2
March 2008
Feature article: “Sound” Professional and Confident Since They Can’t See You
Ask the business networking authority:
Can you recommend a good book on networking?  

Volume 5 , Issue 1
January 2008
Feature article:  Networking is a Sexually Unbiased Skill
Ask the business networking authority:  Do I sit or stand?

 


Volume 4 , Issue 5
November 2007
Feature article:  Show Confidence Through Your Walk and Posture
Ask the business networking authority:  Pros and Cons of Progressive/Power Networking Sessions.

 


Volume 4, Issue 4.
September 200
7

Feature article:  Build a New Kind of Wealth - Social Capital

Ask the business networking authority:  Online networking resources vs. face-to-face.

 


Volume 4, Issue 3.
July 200
7

Feature article:  What You Say Before You Speak

Ask the business networking authority:  Number one mistake people make when using e-mail to communicate and network

 


Volume 4, Issue 3.
July 200
7

Feature article:  What You Say Before You Speak

Ask the business networking authority:  Number one mistake people make when using e-mail to communicate and network

 


Volume 4, Issue 2.
May 200
7

Feature article:  Words Have no Meaning Until You Give it to Them

Ask the business networking authority: Is it proper etiquette to hand out resumes at networking events?

 


Volume 4, Issue 1.
February 200
7

Feature article:  Top-of-Mind Positioning is Center of Your Business Universe

Ask the business networking authority: What kind of handshake is this?

 


Volume 3, Issue 6.
December 2006

Feature article:  Holiday Networking Etiquette

Ask the business networking authority: Should I put anyone “on hold?”

 


  Volume 3, Issue 5.
October 2006

Feature article:  Speak to Boost Your Business and Career

Ask the business networking authority: How Many Organizations Should I Join?

 


 
  Volume 3, Issue 4.
August 2006

Feature article: Relationship

Building is Like a Turtle ...

Slow and Steady!

Ask the business networking authority: What do You Think of Business Leads Groups?

 


 
 

Volume 3. Issue 2.
March 2006

Feature article: Learn the Art of Ending a Conversation
Ask the business networking authority: New Entrepreneur Asks About Having a Beard in the Workplace


 
 

Volume 3. Issue 1.
January 2006

Feature article: Business Networking, The Top 10 Principles
Ask the business networking authority: Who pays the bill?


 
 

Volume 2. Issue 6.
November 2005

Feature article: If You Want to Catch Trout, Don’t go to a Catfish Pond
Ask the business networking authority: Does where you sit "speak" to others?


 
  Volume 2. Issue 5.
September 2005
Feature article: What Does Your Group Culture Say?
Ask the business networking authority: Why do people say you start your day after an early morning networking event vs. starting with it?
  Volume 2. Issue 4.
July 2005

Feature article: What You Say Before You Speak, Part II
Ask the business networking authority: What’s your definition of small talk?
 
  Volume 2. Issue 3.
May 2005

Feature article: What You Say Before You Speak, Part I
Ask the business networking authority: How do I quickly catch up after not networking for 15 years (because I have been employed by the same company)?
 

Volume 2. Issue 2.
March 2005

Feature article: How Long Since You Cleaned Your Personal Filter?
Ask the business networking authority: Did I do the right thing by staying seated when shaking hands in a job interview?


  Volume 2. Issue 1.
January 2005

Feature article: Improve Your Presentation Openings & Closings
Ask the business networking authority: How do I politically correctly shake a woman’s hand when she only offers me "limp fingers"?
  Volume 1. Issue 2.
October 2004

Feature article: The Art of Starting a Conversation
Ask the business networking authority: Do you need to always network with the top person to be successful?
  Volume 1. Issue 1.
May 2004

Feature article: DISCover How to Communicate Better
Ask the business networking authority: Do you have any listening tips for me?






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