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The notworking blog

22 June 2012

  • Twitter app button with finger moving towards it

    Twitter is baffling – why don't I have more followers?

    For all the talk of 'joining the conversation', it's a bit like hearing the noise from a neighbour's party without being able to join in

8 June 2012

  • Muesli with raspberries

    New digital platforms leave me behind the curve … again

    HashtagConnect was there to help those 'confused' by Klout. Confused? Until now I was unaware of it

25 May 2012

  • Young businessman riding a horse

    Equine-assisted coaching? Hold your horses

    A new venture using Coach Eric, a tawny-coloured horse, to help leaders develop presence proved less positive for my car

11 May 2012

  • A person hitting a tennis ball.

    Dark mutterings like 'Play the ball in front of you' could be valuable

    A tennis tournament throws up some business coaching tips

27 April 2012

  • sign up page of Linkedin.com

    When digital stalking is not enough

    A magazine story yields a potential client, but an unsuccessful attempt to reach him via LinkedIn leads to further detective work

13 April 2012

  • Face designs on cups of cappuccino coffee

    Social media and networking success can create its own problems

    How the optimistic froth of a tall mocha with a former colleague fizzled out to a flat white

30 March 2012

  • garden-maintenance

    Family tensions have soared since my latest round of domestic cuts

    My wife has forced me to look at what I'm getting out of my various networking groups, not least because of their expense

16 March 2012

  • The Twitter logo on ipad

    Trying not to make a # of Twitter

    A trip to a Tweetup to build my social media audience still leaves me 'following' in others' footsteps

2 March 2012

  • Trampling over netwalking protocol

    An attempt at 'playing it cool' with a potential client is thwarted by etiquette awkwardness

17 February 2012

  • I've become a LION of LinkedIn

    Even as a LinkedIn Open Networker, my efforts appear to have had no tangible impact on my executive coaching business

3 February 2012

  • Networking session turns into a referral fest

    An American idea called Networking for Business promises exclusivity for me as St Albans' executive coach

20 January 2012

  • Squaring my 'circles' in Google+

    Guru Phil puts me through a social media boot camp. My circles are now wider, but no more useful

6 January 2012

  • Mindfulness coaching … shame I wasn't mindful of those pints

    Lucian took us through a mindfulness session. We put a raisin in our mouth and shut our eyes

9 December 2011

  • Network connections who don't quite connect

    I'm pleased to say I'm now on Facebook, growing my social graph as instructed. But I fear it's not just my teenager who is ignoring me

25 November 2011

  • Hungry for success at breakfast meetings

    I may not be bringing home the bacon but at least I'm eating it

11 November 2011

  • The birds are tweeting – that's what I need to do

    Part of my start-up business growth strategy is to embrace Twitter – but the garden birds seem to be more successful than I

28 October 2011

  • Out of the house for a social media revolution

    Social media has overtaken porn on the web, a trend not even my friend Derek can reverse

14 October 2011

  • Sales pitches, social media and tennis

    Rather than fix the roof I thought I'd try out my start-up business growth strategy – only to be let down gently

30 September 2011

  • Speed networking, headaches and a busy inbox

    We sat in rows and had five minutes to talk – or rather shout – to the person opposite before moving along

16 September 2011

  • Geoffrey Wadhurst, at home with just the cat, finds his isolation deepening

    Launching a second career at the age of 50 this week entails a brewery trip with the chaps. I'm open to all human contact

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