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Three Conferences…

by Monica December 16, 2012

From now through December 25th, I’ll be taking a look at the past year by sharing experiences that correlate to the number of the day in the countdown. On the third day of Christmas, 2012 gave to me… Three Conferences Two Half-Marathons And a new home for Show & Tell Stories Volunteered at 99U in [...]

Alone Together

by Monica July 13, 2012

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” ~ John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914) As discussed in yesterday’s post, this week was consumed with all things World Domination, in Portland, Oregon. I’m still recovering, still remembering, and still searching. This weekend I’m [...]

My Final Answer

by Monica July 12, 2012

I entered the World Domination Summit an extrovert and left an introvert. At least that’s how it felt. Or perhaps I simply took on the role of observer rather than active participant. Is that the same thing as being an introvert? I have no idea. Anyway, for whatever reason, I found myself strangely silent and [...]

Ask And You Shall Receive: A Five-Step Plan

by Monica July 5, 2012

This week we’ve established that asking for what we want is an important part of connecting. But for most of us, the thought of asking for help creates a knot in our stomach. Not to fear! In this video I describe the five steps to asking for what you want in order to help share [...]

Tell Them What You Want, What You Really Really Want

by Monica July 3, 2012

I believe that even in this world of technology, websites, and apps, the greatest resource we have is each other. It’s of little wonder then, that people (entrepreneurs especially) are signing up for conferences and online networking classes, often priced at thousands of dollars, not because they care so much about the information being provided, [...]