420 stories by "Michael Roderick"
This week's A.P.T. comes with quite the back story. As many of you know, I began my career as a high school English teacher and I also ran our drama program. While I was teaching I had one s…
This week's retro Wednesday post revisits the G.A.T.E. strategy part 2. Enjoy. Excelsior! P.S.- 9 More days to get early bird tickets to ConnectorCon! August 09, 2011 Lessons from my first y…
As someone who loves to connect, I receive and give a lot of introductions via email. Sometimes the intros are fantastic and other times, they have been awkward or a waste of time for both p…
You care. I have been asked a lot of questions about connecting lately and the more I do it and the more I help, the more I find that the most important factor in it all is caring about the.…
This week's guest blog comes from David Mallamud. David and I had the pleasure of working together when he and I were part of a musical theatre writing project with one of my plays. Below he…
This week's A.P.T. is Sarah Volage Bellin. I first met Sarah when she was working on festival shows and pursuing a career in directing. She recently has embarked on a much bigger project whi…
This week's Retro Wednesday post is all about something I developed a little while back called the G.A.T.E. strategy. I've even created a workbook for it that I give my clients. The next few…
We've all been there. Either you are sitting in a conference you don't want to be at, a show that is boring you, or a meeting that seems like it's never going to end. If your day is especial…
Is the gift we give ourself. This weekend, I was home in RI and as usual I went to see one of my best friend's shows. Afterwards, we discussed a lot of things and one thing that came up was.…
This week's guest blog comes courtesy of Adrienne Muller and Radio Musik. I met Adrienne as she was making her transition from performing to producing and have enjoyed seeing her progress. T…
This week's A.P.T. is the GOTO group. GOTO stands for Give Opportunity to Others, which of course is one of my favorite things to focus on in the world for connecting. You can read more abou…
This week's retro Wednesday post is also about follow up. Check it out and don't serve cold food! Excelsior! P.S.- The next ConnectorCon is coming up! There are still early bird tickets HERE…
You'll often hear people in business mentioning the phrase "Follow up or fail" and it certainly is true. Your ability to follow up is one of the major factors in moving any venture…
After a good deal of work, the next ConnectorCon is underway. You can read more about it and grab the limited number of early bird seats HERE. The group tickets are still the best deal. I st…
This week's guest blog comes courtesy of the talented Tim Drucker (CC'd) who is currently working on a new series called Hot Fail. Interested in finding out more about what that is? Read bel…
This week's A.P.T. is Angela Slemp. Angela started a group called Chivalrous Shelter which is a community for those who are traveling to help find great places to stay. You can read more det…
This week's retro post is all about the importance of being a connector. Give it a read and look out for an announcement about the next ConnectorCon. Excelsior! December 03, 2012 Why be a co…
As many of my colleagues in the blogging world, have mentioned, it doesn't make sense to write about the usual things today. I originally toyed with the idea of not writing anything at all, …
Ask for help. I am often asked about raising money for projects and when I really think about what works, it has to do with asking for help. If you ask for money only, you limit yourself. In…
This week there's no guest blog but I did happen upon a really great tool this week. If you haven't seen PrepWork, yet. You definitely should. It takes an email that has been sent to you and…
This week's A.P.T. is the dynamic Rupa Mehta who has founded her own program called Nalini Method which you can read more about HERE. Rupa is an entrepreneur who is doing really amazing thin…
This week's retro Wednesday post is all about organizing your network. Enjoy! Excelsior! August 24, 2011 Your network and Christmas lights I know, I know. We're not even in the fall yet, and…
When I was a kid, I used to watch this movie Highlander. It was about these immortals who roamed the earth trying to find other immortals to do battle with and when they finally met, one wou…
Email can either be a tool to help you get things done or a time suck that chains you to your desk. One of the main reasons we get stuck on email for hours at a time has to do...
This week's guest blog comes courtesy on Mindy Upin. You can see her jumping around in one of the pictures above and view more about her HERE. Mindy's going to tell you all about the STEPS R…
