The 7 Deadly Sins of Networking

A new Business Skills Workshop will be offered every Friday beginning in September. The series is aimed at providing information about networking, marketing, sales and organizational skills for busy professionals.

I'll be leading the weekly lunch workshop with Ed Gorin, president of Gorin Communications, a marketing and public relations firm.

Ed is known for his Business Buzz networking column, http://www.miamibusinessgroups.com/, which reports on the activities of the business networking community. Visit the site to read his latest article which is about our workshop.

The kickoff program on Friday, Sept. 7, will be "The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking."

Ed and I both have built successful businesses on networking, but it took us a long time and we made a lot of mistakes along the way. We want to help other businesses avoid some of those errors and reduce the learning curve.

The Business Skills Workshop will be at 12 noon every Friday at the Chamber South Conference Center, 6410 SW 80 St., South Miami.

Attendance is limited to the first 35 who register. Cost, including lunch, is $15 for chamber members and $20 for others. RSVP by calling 305-661-1621 or online at http://www.chambersouth.com/.

Read more about the new business skills workshop at http://www.miamibusinessgroups.com./

Hope to see you there!

Dealing with Information Overload

Ever feel like you're drowning in information? It is impossible to escape the deluge of information coming at us on any given day. According to Mark Nelson of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, "more new information has been produced within the last three decades than in the last five millennia." No wonder we're in overload when it comes to information.

The amount of available information keeps increasing while the time available to absorb it is limited. It can be overwhelming trying to process the non-stop email, phone calls, instant messages, text messages and 24-hour live news coverage - not to mention the never-ending stream of newspapers, magazines, books, mail and other publications.

Information is knowledge and can be a powerful resource. The objective is obviously not to eliminate information, but to find a balance in managing and using all the information available to us.

Here are some things I'm doing to better manage information overload:

• Unsubscribing to lists and publications I rarely read
• Asking friends not to include me in their "Forwards"
• Using filters to flag Spam and unwanted messages
• Using folders to organize messages
• Keeping fewer email messages in my Inbox
• Thinking before sending email responses that are unnecessary
• Setting aside a specific time each day to catch up on email and calls

How do you manage infoglut?

Chamber South offers Business Skills Workshop

An exciting new Business Skills Workshop series kicks off September 7 at Chamber South in Miami. The series is aimed at providing information about networking, marketing, sales and organizational skills to the small business community.

I'll be leading the weekly lunch workshop with my good friend and colleague, Ed Gorin, president of Gorin Communications, a marketing and public relations firm.


The kickoff program on Friday, Sept. 7, will be The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking.

Other subjects we will be covering in workshops to follow include:
- What Your Business Card Says About You
- Cost Effective Marketing
- Creating a Niche for Your Business
- How to Hire the Right Employee
- How to Position Yourself for Success

The Business Skills Workshop will be 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. every Friday at the Chamber South Conference Center, 6410 SW 80 St., South Miami. Attendance will be limited to the first 35 who register.

Cost, including lunch, is $15 for chamber members and $20 for others.

RSVP by calling Nicole Grabowski at 305-661- 1621 or online at www.chambersouth.com.