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		<title>A Twist on Referral Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The notion of referral commissions has been a longstanding practice in business. Not everyone does it, but here&#8217;s how it works in case you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the term. E.g., Jamal owns an office furniture company and Sally owns a printing business. Jamal says to Sally, &#8220;let me know when new businesses order stationery &#8212; they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/12/a-twist-on-referrals-for-networking-jobseekers/</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn Networking Specifically for Startups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are starting your own entrepreneurial venture, have ever thought about doing so, or wouldn&#8217;t start a company in a million years, this video has tips that will still apply to you. It also includes great ideas for networking with LinkedIn, sine the presenter Konstantin Guericke thinks of networking as revolving around LinkedIn. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/10/networking-for-startups/</link>
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		<title>There is Something Divine about Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though I frequently bump (virtually) into other Certified Management Consultants, I always take note when I meet one who approaches the realm of networking like I do.  This week, I came across a blog post from Baldwin H. Tom CMC that underscored the magic that often comes along with networking.  He was happy for me to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/09/there-is-something-divine-about-networking/</link>
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		<title>On the Theme of Just-in-Case Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent piece from Salary.com on the warning signs that your job is about to get obsoleted: &#8220;In our unstable economic times, there are few employees who feel absolutely sure their job will still be here tomorrow. But it&#8217;s not productive to be distracted by needless worry every day. So how do we know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/09/just-in-case-networking-for-employees/</link>
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		<title>The Time to Develop Your Professional Network is Before You Need It!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Networking 20/20 is all about helping you be more comfortable and confident in getting connected. Since I can&#8217;t possibly have the market cornered on good information in this arena, I wanted to share an e-book I came across: specifically on networking opportunities while one is employed]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/08/when-is-it-time-to-develop-your-professional-network/</link>
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		<title>Learning from one&#8217;s Periodic Outreach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Practicing what I preach, I sent a number of email messages out to people on my keep-in-touch list this week. One came back via autoreply, which was so unusual I had to share it. &#8220;Thank you for writing me. I am on retreat for the month of August and not checking email. To keep from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/08/learning-from-ones-periodic-outreach/</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn tip for Artists/Designers/Creatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I started using LinkedIn in 2003 (when people asked why I would put my personal information on a web site &#8212; look how far we&#8217;ve come with Facebook!) LinkedIn is definitely the most &#8220;professional&#8221; of the FLITY [Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter/Youtube] social media gorilla sites, but it is also fairly text-heavy &#8212; especially for my creative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/08/linkedin-tip-artists-designers/</link>
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		<title>Business Card FAIL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Networking 20/20 readers do everything possible to generously befriend a new acquaintance. This is exactly the opposite. Why did I post it? It was so extremely silly that I thought it was actually worth a laugh &#8212; what do you think?]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/07/business-card-fail/</link>
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		<title>Is Your Business Card Memorable, or Just Like Everyone Else&#8217;s?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch these people get hyper about each other&#8217;s cards in this lip-synched, remade scene from the movie classic, American Psycho** . ** Made by film students Nicolas Robitaille, Nicolas&#8217;s brother as Patrick Bateman, Jeremy Gold as Luis Carruthers, Clayton Allenbright as David Van Patten, and Tavis McKenzie asTimothy Bryce]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/07/is-your-business-card-memorable-or-just-like-everyone-elses/</link>
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		<title>Great Networkers Speak English &#8212; or the Appropriate Local Tongue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re communicating for a reason, to be understood, so don&#8217;t rely on jargon. In fact, a good way to know whether or not they&#8217;re even &#8220;in the same neighborhood&#8221; is to ask how much they know about, say, Organizational Development or Urban Planning.]]></description>
		<link>http://networking-2020.com/2010/06/great-networkers-speak-english-or-the-appropriate-local-tongue/</link>
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