tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post4598444751869502245..comments2023-08-09T01:50:48.438-07:00Comments on Deanna Wadsworth: NETWORKING - Part TwoDeanna Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11858964358378950156noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-91760530687820437902011-03-10T18:00:07.667-08:002011-03-10T18:00:07.667-08:00Great post. Full of good suggestions. Wish you wer...Great post. Full of good suggestions. Wish you were going to Nationals so I could just attach myself to your hip and network right along with you!PM Kavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158084685117474279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-73148855749252942322011-03-09T08:01:44.685-08:002011-03-09T08:01:44.685-08:00Leanne, I met Deanna last year at RT while she was...Leanne, I met Deanna last year at RT while she was lurking around the pitch sessions. She kind of took me under her wing a little bit and forced me out of my shell to meet people. Thing is, I'm pretty good at meeting men. I find them easy to talk to. Women...not so much. So I spent most of last year's RT trying to break out of that one huge comfort zone. Since most of the people at RT are women...well, you see the issue. <br /><br />Honestly, she's REALLY good at this stuff. Like crazy good. I'm not sure I'd follow just anyone to something I wasn't into, but with the right people there? Oh yeah. It makes total sense.Seleste deLaney/Julie Partickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346934576672398786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-14055833997167087622011-03-08T19:22:37.819-08:002011-03-08T19:22:37.819-08:00Deanna, you got me with the crazy dance. I have pi...Deanna, you got me with the crazy dance. I have pix. :-)~<br /><br />Not only did Deanna meet us, she was our first contract, and HER first contract. It has been fun! So glad we met last year at 'the prom'. <br /><br />You need to add,"You can meet some interesting people when you're 1/2 drunk and doing the Time Warp". Just sayin'.<br /><br />HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-55533403573641087482011-03-08T11:47:04.269-08:002011-03-08T11:47:04.269-08:00*kick*
Was glad to do it!
I think you will be plea...*kick*<br />Was glad to do it!<br />I think you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is. Everyone there wants the same thing you do.<br />A networking class I took once said that introverted folks actually form better connections and more lasting ones because they listen more. So break the ice and let them do the talking.Deanna Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858964358378950156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-57064123841129204612011-03-08T11:05:43.841-08:002011-03-08T11:05:43.841-08:00You have given me the kick in the pants that I sor...You have given me the kick in the pants that I sorely needed. : ) I could give you so many excuses. I'm shy. I have dyslexia and socializing is too much of a challenge. Bottomline is, however, I want to be a successful writer and will move mountains to make this happen. Smiling and chatting to a few people is a small mountain to move. What's the worse that could happen--they ignore me or they run away screaming, or they...Author Leanne Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886667518427660865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-78077667105892383102011-03-08T10:54:02.816-08:002011-03-08T10:54:02.816-08:00LOL Leanne! The thing is you just gotta try. My go...LOL Leanne! The thing is you just gotta try. My goal is to connect with ONE person each day. I have made great friends at conferences. I met Heather and Lisa, our editors and publisher, at RT. That's how I heard of Decadent Publishing. I have usually made three or four real friends at every conference. But the thing is, if you don't step out of your comfort zone you will not meet any.<br />I hope that I at least motivated you to try something new!<br />DeannaDeanna Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858964358378950156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-56994827099315740082011-03-08T10:37:22.594-08:002011-03-08T10:37:22.594-08:00Well, that's very clear. I now fully understan...Well, that's very clear. I now fully understand and (gulp) will try to lay my pen down and communicate.Author Leanne Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886667518427660865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-15920003237918346132011-03-08T09:53:46.442-08:002011-03-08T09:53:46.442-08:00LOL Donna
Maureen, its about quality not quantity
...LOL Donna<br />Maureen, its about quality not quantity<br /><br />Sweater Curse: Here's the thing, if you just want to learn and take classes why on earth are you wasting your money attending a conference? You can learn online. A conference is all about meeting and greeting. The classes are just opportunities to do so. I'm not suggesting you become best friends with a smoker and go on vacation with them. This is BUSINESS NETWORKING!<br />If that smoker is, let's say, another writer who writes stuff like you and the two of you are having a great chat with an editor and the two of them decide to go off somewhere and you think that the connection you have made would<br />a. be a great cross promoting opportunity<br />b. career opportunity<br />c. help you learn something from their experience<br />Why would you not want to do that?<br />These are just suggestions on ways to think outside of the box. You can't be anti social and expect to sell your books, sweetheart. If you are at a conference you need to put yourself out there one to three times a day to make the expense and time worth your effort, IMHODeanna Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858964358378950156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-2152820109621156342011-03-08T09:44:38.254-08:002011-03-08T09:44:38.254-08:00I do like that you are suggesting we do these thin...I do like that you are suggesting we do these things at least three times instead of hammering the idea that you do this all the time! I can push myself three times and take a rest from it, develop some comfort level with putting myself out there.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-50045719098566336912011-03-08T08:40:08.605-08:002011-03-08T08:40:08.605-08:00Um, I wonder why you would do something you don...Um, I wonder why you would do something you don't want to do to get to know someone you may not even like. I know, I'm anti-social. I'm the person you'll see at the front of the class taking notes. I'd rather engage in the act of learning than meet and greet. I'm there to learn about my craft. Socialize not so much. What am I missing? Why should I change my ways?Author Leanne Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886667518427660865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136681640975569580.post-85770299738907040292011-03-08T08:11:34.553-08:002011-03-08T08:11:34.553-08:00Another great post!
Now that I'm reading this...Another great post!<br /><br />Now that I'm reading this and the one before, I've noticed you were doing these things when we met. That's probably why I took such a liking to you. You are a personable professional. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303211213602669850noreply@blogger.com