A podcast with Terry Bean, co-founder of Detroit's super-successful business networking group.
Terry Bean
Built on the CollectiveX platform, Motor City Connect is the most sophisticated community networking web site I've seen. With over 2000 members, 500 "Key Connections," and 1300 discussions, Terry Bean, principal of Networked, Inc., and Charlie Wollborg of Curve Detroit have built a powerhouse community networking group.
I posted the following message on their discussion board:
I'm new to MCC and although I don't reside in the Detroit area, I think this is a fantastic resource! A brief introduction -- My name is Peter Clayton and I'm the producer/host of a career advocacy radio show (podcast) called Total Picture Radio. One of your members, and a listener, suggested I interview Terry Bean. After spending some time on MCC I thought Cleo was right! (Hat-tip to Cleo Parker for introducing us to MCC).
So, I wanted to reach out to the members of this group and ask for your suggestions.
What should I ask Terry?
What is special about MCC?
How has MCC helped you?
If you've attended any of the MCC events, please share your stories.
Have you made new friends through the MCC group?
Have you found a new job, or attracted new business though MCC?
Do you think the Federal Government should bail out the "Big 3?"
People outside of the Detroit area hear so much negative information about "the rust belt" the tremendous unemployment, crime, etc. What's great about living in Detroit? Why do you stay?
Save $1000 in 30 Days Challenge - A Podcast with Ramit Sethi, Author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich
"Just think about what kind of innovation we could unleash if people could do what they were meant to do, not what they have to do." Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi
Welcome to a Success Channel podcast with Peter Clayton reporting. Ramit Sethi is the founder and author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, a blog on personal finance and entrepreneurship. His site hosts over 175,000 readers per month and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NPR, and ABC News. His book, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich," will be published in early 2009.
He is also the co-founder and vice president of community marketing for PBwiki, a venture-backed online start-up that hosts millions of users per month. Ramit graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with undergraduate and
graduate degrees in technology, psychology, and sociology.
"You’ll notice that I haven’t written a lot about frugality on this site,"
he wrote.
"That’s because Americans suck at frugality. We spend more than we make. We’re terrible at deferring our immediate wants and investing for the long term. We go into debt. And we blame everyone but ourselves... Remember, fundamentally, there are two ways to have more money. You can earn more money or cut costs. If you’ve been reading this site for a long time, you’ll notice that I’d much rather focus on increasing your earning potential, whether through investments or entrepreneurship. I hate talking about frugality because, for most people in America, frugality is hopeless."
Smart Networking — Podcast with Career Networking Maven Liz Lynch
"The greater your ability to rally people to your cause, especially when they do it because they want to and not because they have to, the greater your chances of success" — Liz Lynch
Liz Lynch
With the recent rise in U.S. unemployment to its highest level in 26 years, there’s never been a more important time for networking. But how can you get more results in less time? How do you find the right balance of in-person networking and all the new choices for online networking? How can you attract people into your network and keep them there? How do you become someone who people want to help?
Liz Lynch ,the founder of the Center for Networking Excellence, is the author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online (McGraw Hill). Liz helps you network smart so you don’t have to network hard. Instead of pushing yourself at people, Liz shows how you can pull them in so they’ll want to work with you.
Learn to get the job you want without quitting – and yes, we’re serious about this one.
Do you dread the first day of your work week? (Yes, and the other four days too.) Do you wish you could make your job better? (Yes, but that’s impossible.) Do you dream of quitting and never returning? (Yes, and I blog about it every day) Do you want to change jobs but fear ending up somewhere worse? (There’s somewhere worse?)
Erv Thomas
Welcome to a Success Strategies edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Erv Thomas is a Program Manager at Intel Corporation. For the past several years he has been responsible for recruiting, mentoring, and developing the top engineering talent in the world.
Erv is the co-author of a new book titledFour Secrets to Liking Your Work, You May Not Need to Quit to Get the Job You Want published by the Financial Times Press. Erv has dedicated over 30,000 hours of his time to helping professionals and young adults live up to their full potential at work and in life. Additionally, he has been a design engineer, an educator, and the founding director of a non-profit organization where he has spent the majority of his “non-working” time mentoring teens at risk. I learned about Erv's book when I interviewed him for a Jobcast on for Jobs in Pods and asked him to join us on Total Picture Radio.
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