Posts Tagged ‘socializing’

How Not To Suck At Socializing - Do’s & Don’ts

Being socialable is a very easy thing to do, and it shouldn’t be something you’re either good at or not. You can learn to become a more social person - if you want to.

Generally extroverts will have less trouble getting out and talking to new people, but that’s to be expected. Don’t think, however, that outgoing people don’t make mistakes either. There are ways to make life easier while… » Continue

June 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: networking, socializing | 145 comments»

Dealing With Negative People

Draining, anti-productive negative people. It may be someone who is always complaining about something, or attacking you personally; there is much to gain by correctly handling these people.

Catherine Pratt has written about 9 ways to deal with a negative person. The key, in my opinion, is becoming detached emotionally and looking at things objectively. Is this worth my time or energy? Can I make something positive out of… » Continue

May 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, personaldevelopment, personality, social, socializing | 2 comments»

Make Yourself Approachable

I was going to write an article about how to look approachable when you’re out, but my intentions have been rendered moot with this post from WikiHow, called How To Look Approachable.

It’s got everything I was going to talk about; smiling, having open body language, having a good time. They’re really on the ball over there.

Do not assume, merely because someone looks unapproachable, that he or she is… » Continue

May 10 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: bodylanguage, socializing | no comments»

How To Be A Happy Introvert

Being an introvert isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If it prevents you from doing what you really want to do, or hinders your working and personal lives, then something should change. However, introverts should be happy being so.

Author on Introverts, Nancy R. Fenn, wrote a Top Ten to get introverts through their day, and it’s mostly a How To in getting out of negative situations and keeping positive about… » Continue

April 17 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: introvert, social, social-networking, socializing | 20 comments»

Reach Out and Network

Over the past several days, I’ve had the opportunity to meet several people, from presidents of corporations, to really important people like teachers of children with learning disabilities. I’ve had the opportunity to hear about a lot of businesses, and have received a lot of interesting offers in the mix.

But what was really fun was helping people connect with other people. I got the chance to do that a… » Continue

September 19 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conferences, networking, social, socializing | 6 comments»