From the desk (and BlackBerry) of Keith Parnell

2009 has been a solid year so far for our organization. Business is on a steady increase and outperforming our sales goals.

Pondering the causes of this growth during a tough economy, I thought back to my professional goals I set for myself on January 1, 2009. Here they are.

1. I will identify those in my network of influence (on me) that are negative and impress upon me a non-productive demeanor. I will totally eliminate them from my circle.
2. I will attempt to increase the size and more importantly the quality of my network of business partners. I will work my hardest to learn from their experience and offer my participation where appropriate.
3. I will schedule my days and weeks to be more fluid, yet more productive.
4. I will attempt to face-to-face network more than I did in 2008.
5. I will be more cognizant of my personal brand and achieve to sharpen its edges.

Hard Work Means Success

I can honestly say that I am well on the way towards accomplishing each resolution. And even better than that, I can attribute much of JASE’s success this year to the processes I’m living to achieve these goals. So for once in my life, I can say that I’m living up to my New Year’s Resolutions and they’ve not been a total waste of my time to establish them.

- Good thing I didn’t throw in the ‘lose 30 pounds this year’ resolution! -

What about you?

How are those resolutions going?

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We all have people in our lives that have looked at us funny when the word T-W-I-T-T-E-R came out of our mouths. And let’s be honest, it feels kind of awkward just to say the word T-W-I-T-T-E-R.

Most proper names in the web 2.0 world are odd, err original. And Twitter fits in that frame.

I started using Twitter almost two years ago. I was very leary at first but now it makes sense to me. The value of my network has grown. My circle is more powerful than ever. And it’s just plain good fun sometimes to connect with friends that I would have never met under any other circumstances.

I ran across this post from Lani Rosalis this week and she reminded me of a video the Common Craft team produced. So I thought I’d share.

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