There are many reasons visitors come the the Piedmont-Triad.
High Point Market | The World’s Home for Home Furnishings
Wyndham Championship
Piedmont Triad International Airport
Why do you love visiting the Triad?
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Top Ten Linkedin Howto’s
July 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
1) LinkedIn How-Tos from Dave Taylor « Linked Intelligence
2) LinkedIn SuperGuide -Tutorials, Tips and Tools
3) LinkedIn – How-To Help and Videos – For Dummies
4) Get Ahead on LinkedIn – Wired How-To Wiki
5) Tutorial: How-to Add/Embed Video On A LinkedIn Profile Page
6) How To Merge Multiple Profiles On LinkedIn
7) How to Remove a LinkedIn Connection | Peak Profits
8) 10 ways reporters can use LinkedIn to find sources, track changes at companies
9) HOW TO Optimize Company LinkedIn Profiles for Search & Lead Conversion
10) How to Use LinkedIn – How To Information | eHow.com
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What HowTo’s Have helped you use LinkedIn more effectively?
How much time do you spend on LinkedIn on average per week?
Goals and Their Impact on Your Success
June 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals. – Lou Holtz
If you don’t know who Lou Holtz is :: From wikipedia -Holtz is the only college football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 20 rankings. Holtz also coached the New York Jets of the NFL during the 1976 season.
What are your goals?
Reading over Jack Canfield‘s The Success Principles this morning and on page 56 there it was. . . this quote from Lou Holtz. I am no big sports fan, but could absolutely appreciate the story of what changed his life.
In 1966, after a personal set back, Lou’s wife gave him a copy of The Magic of Thinking Big, by David Schwartz. In this book, David encourages you to write down all of the things you want to accomplish in your life. This simple act would change Lou’s life and help him make history. By owning his goals and having a daily reminder of what he wanted to do – Lou was able to achieve nearly all 107 goals he set for himself.
As I continued to read about Bruce Lee’s letter and Jim Carrey’s check, it was apparent that these success stories all had one thing in common. . . clearly defined goals.
Ask anyone who has achieved success (could be someone you know personally or admire) and they will tell you that having clear goals of what you want in your life is vital. Whether it is writing it in a letter, a journal or on note cards. . . write them down today!
You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieving it you become someone worth becoming – Jim Rohn.
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Do you have clear personal goals?
What goals do you have for your company or career?
How do you stay on track when you hit a roadblock?
Share your success story with us about a personal success you have achieved thanks to your goals.
Business Blogs: Inspiration to Grow Your Audience
June 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
After reading over Social Media Examiner’s post on the 10 Top Business Blogs and Why They Are Successful – it made me curious as to what business blogs the leaders in the Piedmont Triad enjoy and why you think they are successful.
We each have different needs as it relates to our professions – but we all have one thing in common when it comes to blogging . . . we want to provide relevant content for our readers and hope that they connect with us and continue to come back and comment.
Some of the best ways to learn how to improve your own business blog is to be a devoted reader of other blogs. It could be a plugin that you discover that could be the missing ingredient, a layout or theme that catches your eye or simply a style of writing that really inspires you.
Here are a few links for inspiration to grow your business blog awareness and your eventually your audience.
The 50 best business blogs – Times Online
Small Business Blogs – Forbes.com Best of the Web
Top 10 Business Blogs for Women | Little Pink Book
Top Business and Entrepreneurship Blogs
Top 10 Business Blogs to Bookmark
What are your favorite business blogs to read? Why?
Monday Morning Motivation: Communication
June 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
If you haven’t picked up the book Monday Morning Motivation – Five Steps to Energize Your Team, Customers and Profits by David Cottrell – it is a must add to your business bookshelf.
Whether you are a small business owner, a mid level manager or a CEO – David will guide you to effectively motivate and energize the way you interact with your business. It takes commitment to become successful and making sure that everyone on your team has the same level of commitment as you is vital to your businesses bottom line.
In chapter 6 we learn that high level employee engagement has a measurable impact on the bottom line. Companies who have a strong internal communications programs are more successful than those who don’t.
Take a look at the top 50 most admired companies. How are they engaging with their own army of brand ambassadors? What are they doing to empower their top performers? How are they keeping their teams motivated and on task?
“The most important element of the communication conductor is to connect the corporate goals and objectives with the activities on your team.”- David Cottrell
This brings us to the Monday Morning Discussion questions from page 105 –
- How often do you as you team for feedback and input? Do you receive it constructively and genuinely listen to the ideas?
- Do you promote a culture of learning within your team? What additional information and knowledge can you share with team members so they will better understand the business of your business?
- How can you tear down the walls and create better connections within your team? Between your team and others in the organization?
If you are interested in making your Monday morning meetings meaningful – take time to pick up Monday Morning Motivation, Monday Morning Mentoring and Monday Morning Choices by David Cottrell. His books will change the way you do business.
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How does your company communicate?
Does your company ask for valuable feedback?
What company do you look toward for inspiration?
Mentors and the Success Principles
June 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
I am currently reading Jack Canfield‘s incredibly informative book The Success Principles. This morning I on principle #44: Find a Wing to Climb Under.
The chapter starts off with this quote relating to mentors. . .
“Study anyone who’s great and you’ll find that they apprenticed to a master, or several masters. Therefore if you want to achive greatness, renown, and superlative success, you must apprentice to a master.
– Robert Allen, Self made multi-millionaire and coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire.
Here is some great info from Wikipedia on Mentors ::
Today mentors provide expertise to less experienced individuals to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. In many different arenas people have benefited from being part of a mentoring relationship, including:
- Authors — H.P. Lovecraft mentored Robert Bloch, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard
- Business people — Freddie Laker mentored Richard Branson
- Politicians — Aristotle mentored Alexander the Great
- Directors — Roger Corman mentored Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, James Cameron, John Sayles, Donald G. Jackson, Gale Anne Hurd, Carl Colpaert, Monte Hellman, Paul Bartel, George Armitage, Jonathan Kaplan, George Hickenlooper, Curtis Hanson, and Jack Hill. Martin Scorsese mentored Oliver Stone at New York University
- Actors — Laurence Olivier mentored Anthony Hopkins. Martin Landau mentored Jack Nicholson. Mel Gibson mentored Heath Ledger
- Musicians — Johann Christian Bach mentored Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. José Antonio Abreu mentored Gustavo Dudamel. Dr. Dre mentors Eminem. Denniz Pop mentored Max Martin. David Foster mentored Josh Groban, Frank Zappa mentored Steve Vai
- Athletes — Eddy Merckx (five-time Tour de France winner) mentored Lance Armstrong (seven-time Tour de France winner). Bobby Charlton mentored David Beckham
- Movies — Obi-wan Kenobi mentored Anakin Skywalker and his son Luke Skywalker
- Television — Perry Cox mentored J.D. (Scrubs)
- Video Games — The Boss mentored Naked Snake. The latter’s son, Solid Snake, mentored Raiden. Samos mentored Jak in the stead of his father.
- Poetry — Seamus Heaney mentored Paul Muldoon.
Who was your mentor?
How did having a mentor shape/change your life and career?
Are you a mentor now?
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Here are resources about mentoring in the Triad and North Carolina ::
North Carolina Mentoring Partnership
National Mentoring Partnership
Have additional resources for those interested in becoming a mentor or those in need of one? Please share in in the comments!
Taste Carolina Brings Flavorful Tours to the Triad
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Who doesn’t love a great meal. Right?! Now, thanks to the folks at Taste Carolina, you can go behind the scenes with the Owners and Chefs of some of North Carolina and the Triad’s tastiest places.
Choose from a variety of walking tours in Durham, Chapel Hill/Carrboro, Downtown Raleigh, Hillsborough, Greensboro and Winston-Salem as well as Custom/Private Tours, The Whole Hog Barbecue Bus Tour and Cocktail Hour Tapas Crawls.
Meet the folks behind Taste Carolina and stay up to date on what they have planned!
It’s a safe bet if there is a foodie in your life, a gift certificate from Taste Carolina would hit the spot!
Learn more about Taste Carolina in this great article from The Triad Biz Blog and while you’re at it – follow them on twitter and show them how much you like them on facebook. Tell them @linkingtriad sent you!
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Have you been on a Taste Carolina walking tour? Share your favorite Triad experience!
Linkedin Reaches New Milestone
April 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Reading over the headlines this morning when I came across this article by Smashing Apps ::
LinkedIn Connects 100 Million Professionals Worldwide (And Counting) To Make Them More Successful (Infographic)
The statistics are pretty impressive. “They are now growing at roughly one million new LinkedIn members every week, the equivalent of a professional joining the site at faster than one member per second.”
Be sure to follow @smashingapps for Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers.
How many people have you recommended Linkedin to?
How much time to spend on Linkedin per week?
Welcome to Linking Triad!
March 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Linking Triad is a networking group that is focused on helping you make great connections in the Piedmont-Triad of North Carolina and beyond.
We bring members together to discuss cutting edge business, economic, political, and social trends as well as the use of social media and technology.
If you know someone who would be a great speaker – please let us know who they are, what company they are with and why you would like to hear from them in the comments below.
We are pulling together a team of Triad professionals who are invested in growing our community and helping you make great connections!
When posting to our Linkedin Group – remember your “groups etiquette,” – you are there to add value and expertise, so before you post ask yourself, “does this discussion add value to group members?”
Don’t shamelessly promote yourself or your business.
:: We ask members to limit their new Linkedin Group discussion posting to a maximum of one per week. ::
LinkedIn recently told group managers that they could only send out *one* general announcement to all members a week, and that this is a good guideline to keep for discussions postings.
If you have events that you would like to share with the Linkedin group – we have created the subgroup ‘Member Events’ to make it easy for everyone to find upcoming events in the Triad and NC region and to keep our discussion board open to current topics.
We will delete inappropriate posts and remove members from the group if these guidelines are not followed.
Linking Triad – Helping You Stay Connected!
