Karen Wickre, a former colleague and communications professional who is known for shaping the voice of Google, recently released her book, Taking the Work out of Networking. In it, she lays out ...

Over the course of my career, I’ve heard many colleagues voice the same complaint — they hate networking. Junior and senior colleagues alike look upon networking as a dirty task reserved for ...

In today’s dynamic academic landscape, networking is a vital tool in a student’s journey toward professional success. Through alumni mixers, career fairs and industry events, FIU presents many ways ...

Do they teach networking history classes yet? Or is it still too soon? I was reading [Al]’s first installment of the Forgotten Internet series, on UUCP. The short summary is that it was a system for ...

This past summer, I attended a Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) conference in Chicago where Mike Lipsey was one of the featured speakers. As he summed up his presentation, he said the ...

Networking matters — but that truism, like so many others, verges on the meaningless. To what extent and what type of networking really takes someone to star status? Work I’ve done with Gilad Ravid of ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When Jona Xiao was 12 years old, she was cast as the lead in her school play Rappingstiltskin — the rapping version of Rumpelstiltskin.

Social media is a business development professional’s dream. It’s never been easier in history to forge connections with exactly the right people. Some sales and marketing pros would argue that social ...

I like to call 2011 "The Year of Social Media." Small businesses, franchises, nonprofits and entrepreneurs all got into the social-media game -- throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what stuck.

Social media is a great tool for business development professionals. It has never been easier to connect with the right people. Some sales and marketing experts might say that social media can’t ...