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Retail Store of Tomorrow . . . Today!

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:49:06 +0000

Day two, week two of blogging about my vision. Here is what I see as the initial “user experience” for the retail store of the future which could be ours today. Imagine:

You walk into the store and you see almost a dozen “business concierge” seated at a U-shaped bar, like The Genius Bar at Apple. Apple made a great move when they allowed the bar concept to converge with a help desk concept creating a unique hybrid experience where people can ask questions and get the specific help they need to fix or optimize their Apple products. In the case of the Networlding Innovation Center it would allow people to do the same thing.
The concierge walks you through an overview of the center, sharing with you the idea that the center is there to provide a hub of “direction and connection,” The direction is all about helping you get a profile on LinkedIn or a Twitter or Facebook account set up . . . or all three. The connection is all about connecting you to ongoing networking groups where like-focused people are ready, willing and able to help you with connecting around new product and service creations. Additionally, there are many coaching services you can choose from to help you either move through a career transition or create a new company.
You fill out a profile for the center with answers to a series of questions around the current needs you have for innovating the way you do business or how your are developing your career–business development, career management, networking, coaching support, resource provider selection–these are all services offered by the center.
You pick the combination of services you need currenty and also check off those offerings you might consider for the future based on your budget.
You also are given a directory of upcoming events in the center that will enable you to meet other potential partners with whom you can collaborate with for business or career growth.

This is just the first experience you will have in the center. You will find it will be a place you will come back to again and again. You will find that you now have a choice for a place to go that is not as loud as a Starbucks and offers facilitated connection and though leadership to help you with your business or career.

Stay tuned for more adventures in The Networlding Center for Innovation and Collaboration.

Leveraging the Power of Networks

Melissa Giovagnoli — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:35:00 +0000

Networlders leverage the power of a boundary-less, value-based network of hundreds of inter- connecting circles of people; these circles are growing around the world and will continue to grow as more and more people decide to make those nano-second decisions to live their lives as Networlders. Networlders make different and better decisions as they connect with people with shared-values forming circles both inside, outside and across traditional company borders. There are no territorial disputes in Networlding. There is no information hoarding, no siege mentality, no blind watchmaker authority. Networlders recognize that the real adage today for doing business successfully is "He or she who shares the fastest, the best, and the most often, with discernment wins!" Networlding is based on fundamental behaviors like:

Learn continuously
Endorse experimentation
Break old patterns
Identify commonalities
Build unbroken "circles" not networks
Leverage your assets (behaviors, skills, relationships)

Networlding recognizes the naturally occurring organic interconnectedness of people from all walks of life and simply provides a fertile soil for those seeds of value-based relationships to be planted to create endless possibilities. These possibilities are truly transformational. Think about that.To transform means to change. Something cannot change beyond itself. Its possibilities for change exist only within the limits of its inherent nature. What I see most often in business today is that most business professionals put limits on the people they think they can reach. The truth is we are truly six people or fewer away from anyone we want to meet. It’s really just a matter of making up your list, finding the right partners and believing “anything is possible” which is the number one belief of those people who do build that leadership support network that helps them leverage transformational opportunities for a lifetime.

Is it time for you to begin too? Are you ready? If not now, when?

Networlding Group Now on LinkedIn

Melissa Giovagnoli — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:29:51 +0000

For those "socially responsible" LinkedIn connections and professionals who resonate with the concept of "doing well by doing good". There is a networking group whose values are – making a difference and integrity.

To this end we have created a Networlding LinkedIn Group. We will share best practices for lifelong success in careers/business.

Reach other members of Networlding

Know more than a name in your Networld

View rich professional profiles from fellow Networlders

Here’s the Link to Join! http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/23817/106B1416835C

I am happy to announce that as of today, this group is up to 2000 members. In the next couple of weeks we are going to be developing a free tele-seminar, "Doing Well by Doing Good: How to Make it In These Tough Times."