Confessions of a Cyber-Challenged Woman…or (as my mother told me) God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

If the question is:
Where have you been, Nancy?
Then the answer is:
“Cibernating” (as in hibernating in cyberspace).

For all of you who’ve wondered where I disappeared to the past three weeks (yikes!) I want to first thank you for missing me. I missed you too. Next, I want to respectfully request that you reframe from contacting [...]

Pink Is The New ….. You!

I double dare you to watch this video without moving your hiney…..

See, I told you you couldn’t do it. Now pass it on and make somebody’s day!

To All The Kids Who Survived The 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

If anyone knows who wrote this gem of a piece, would you let me know so that I can give credit where it’s due? Thanks!
At the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don’t
read anything else, please read what he said.
Very well stated, Mr. Leno.
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First, we survived [...]

Nancy Blogs on Impact! for CNBC

This past week I, once again, experienced the magic of networking. Just as the realtor’s mantra is location, location, location, the savvy networker’s mantra is relationship, relationship, relationship.
A few weeks back my friend, Russ Edelman, of Corridor Consulting, Inc., and I were brainstorming ideas for our respective businesses.He told me about blogging for CNBC and [...]

Marketing and Selling Fun

Fun is a state of mind. In particular, yours. Just ask any 4 year old— although you won’t necessarily find the same thing funny as your little one, watching him or her laugh hysterically over something obviously not-funny will be funny to you.
Fun is where you find it. But that requires looking for it, doesn’t [...]

It’s not always what you know, it’s not always who you know……..It’s always who you are.

A few weeks ago I went to a networking event specifically created to support people currently out of work. Some three to four hundred men and women gathered over drinks and appetizers at a local restaurant; included in the mix were employers and recruiters.
The loud hum in the room was punctuated by bursts of laughter, [...]

Our Inner Bag Lady

The most recent study on women’s relationship to money has concluded that we women have a mortal fear of becoming a ‘bag lady’. I knew that. So do most of the women in my life. I count myself among some very savvy, educated, influential and professional women who harbor this anxiety in our secret closet [...]

THE CONTRACT: When to Bill it? When to Bite it?

Recently I had, shall we say, a ‘difference of opinion’ with my satellite television company (the one I won’t mention by name because my attorney warned me not to). Although I had a legitimate reason for canceling my service, they were unwilling to adjust or waive the $300 cancellation fee.
Which brings me to a rant—Cable [...]

Calling For Manners

First I left a voice mail, then an email a few days later, and then another voice mail. And so it went for three weeks while one of my major (and, dare I say, favorite) clients, failed to respond to an increasingly urgent request to connect. Did I mention that she actually needed to have [...]

Taking the Lead During Crisis: Great Leaders Must Think About What They Think

Everyone needs to just calm down! You have probably noticed that, as a country, we are collectively spiraling into an emotional depression. You have probably noticed that we are simultaneously working our way into hysteria, each day’s fear mounted on the back of yesterday’s. This, of course, generates even more fear that, guess what, breeds [...]

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