Comments on: "Who Are You With?" http://kommein.com/who-are-you-with/ Shared by all. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now http://kommein.com/who-are-you-with/#comment-293 Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:11:26 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=444#comment-293 So very true. And when the interaction becomes more about who you are with instead of who you are then it becomes fake. It stops being about getting to know someone and more about what the person can get from you. Don't we ever learn? When we connect on a friendly/(person to person) level we actually do a better job of creating friendships that last. So very true. And when the interaction becomes more about who you are with instead of who you are then it becomes fake. It stops being about getting to know someone and more about what the person can get from you. Don’t we ever learn?

When we connect on a friendly/(person to person) level we actually do a better job of creating friendships that last.

]]> By: Melissa Venable http://kommein.com/who-are-you-with/#comment-292 Melissa Venable Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:24:37 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=444#comment-292 I attended a similar event earlier this year and as I met people and they wanted to exchange contact info/cards, all I had was my employer's card. I was at the event representing myself, and my blog, not my employer. It wouldn't have been appropriate for me to do otherwise. From that point on I got more serious about creating my own professional identity, branding, outside of a specific employer. Still trying to figure out how to navigate these waters successfully. Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective - I think your observations about the differences related to type of conference and motivation of attendees are spot on. I attended a similar event earlier this year and as I met people and they wanted to exchange contact info/cards, all I had was my employer’s card. I was at the event representing myself, and my blog, not my employer. It wouldn’t have been appropriate for me to do otherwise. From that point on I got more serious about creating my own professional identity, branding, outside of a specific employer. Still trying to figure out how to navigate these waters successfully. Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective – I think your observations about the differences related to type of conference and motivation of attendees are spot on.

]]> By: Rick Calvert http://kommein.com/who-are-you-with/#comment-291 Rick Calvert Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:50:38 +0000 http://kommein.com/?p=444#comment-291 Well since you were with me yesterday Deb, Im glad you didnt tell them "Im with stupid" 8). I think you make a very good point about the difference between a new media event and a more traditional business event. The whole point of new media is being more human and not a faceless number. Obviously the folks you mentioned in your post didn't get that. Well since you were with me yesterday Deb, Im glad you didnt tell them “Im with stupid” 8).

I think you make a very good point about the difference between a new media event and a more traditional business event. The whole point of new media is being more human and not a faceless number.

Obviously the folks you mentioned in your post didn’t get that.

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