by Carrie Koens | May 23, 2014 | Influence Building
What are you doing on June 4th? If your answer isn’t, “Attending the FREE #MeetingsMatter webinar”, then listen up because this is a unique and exciting opportunity! On Wednesday, June 4th at 1 pm (EDT), Becky Robinson is hosting a free webinar with...
by Becky Robinson | May 20, 2014 | Social Media
Bill Treasurer gave me some great advice regarding how to punch up my first keynote speech. “Use a live poll,” he said. “Poll Everywhere.com. It’s easy and it will engage your audience and wow them.” His advice? Spot on. I signed up for...
by Carrie Koens | May 16, 2014 | Influence Building
When Becky Robinson started Weaving Influence in 2012, she had a vision for using social media to promote authors and thought leaders. As she grew the team of contractors (you can read her post from earlier this week to see how I joined up), her vision also grew...
by Becky Robinson | May 14, 2014 | Influence Building
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I start (nearly) every day with the same tweet: “Good morning. Who’s awake?” Over the years, this tweet has produced some interesting conversations, helped me make some key connections, and provided a way...
by Carrie Koens | May 9, 2014 | Influence Building
You’ve already met Amy, Rachel, Christy, Elizabeth, and Megan, but today I am so pleased to introduce you to another behind-the-scenes member of our team. You may recognize her name if you’ve been a part of our recent book launch teams. Joanna is the sweet...
by Becky Robinson | May 5, 2014 | Leadership
Five years ago, I started blogging about leadership on a blog called LeaderTalk. Many of the bloggers on today’s list supported my early efforts. In fact, Dan McCarthy, who generously offered us the opportunity to host this month’s carnival, was one of the...
by Carrie Koens | May 2, 2014 | Book Launch
If we were chatting in real life and I asked about your worst customer service experience, I would bet that you could come up with at least one story to share. My “never again” list includes a major airline and a cell phone company. But it can go both...
by Becky Robinson | Apr 30, 2014 | Inspiration
Midway through the marathon course (26.2 miles), I found myself at the top of what felt like the largest elevation increase on the course, not a BIG hill, but a hill nonetheless. Up that steady incline, I ran with Kate, a woman I met at mile 1 and waved on to run at...
by Becky Robinson | Apr 26, 2014 | Inspiration
Tomorrow morning, I will achieve a goal I’ve thought about for nearly 15 years. Months before my 30th birthday, I stepped up my running and began training for a full marathon. My goal at the time was to run a marathon prior to my milestone birthday. I remember...
by Carrie Koens | Apr 25, 2014 | Book Launch
Last year I had the opportunity to travel to Atlanta for the Berrett-Koehler Book Marketing Workshop. Because the Weaving Influence team works remotely, my time in Atlanta for this event allowed me to actually work next to the “boss lady” (a.k.a. Becky...
