'Seth Godin' tagged blog posts in Kelly Hoey's Blog

I arrived at MetLife yesterday morning for a networking career development presentation with Elena Kaspi - and to our complete amusement not only had we'd both dressed in the "New Yorker" uniform of black, we both pretty much wore the same outfit, down to the shoes.

Quite the first impression for the legal department at MetLife. Two tall enthusiastic brunettes in leopard print.

Still laughing over the moment, I read Seth Godin's "When...

I think a lot about spam.

Here's the simple email/twitter/posting equation:

Unwanted + Impersonal = Spam

85 Broads is a network of busy, focused women who don't have time for irrelevant, unwanted information! Now, here is where things get tricky.....Balance busy (perhaps not able to log onto 85broads.com daily) against the desire to get out to the membership all the amazing stories, expertise, opportunities...Alison Levine arrived at Everest Base Camp...Manisha Thakor...

The front cover of Seth Godin's latest brilliant book "Linchpin" says:

"The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about."

That's great. So how DO you stand out? According to Jacqueline Novogratz, 85 Broads member, founder of the Acumen Fund and author of "The Blue Sweater" standing out comes from...

I love Seth Godin. Why? It's the Talerman Curve (yes, 85 Broads own Elizabeth Talerman of Nucleus Branding), it's his new fabulous, personally meaningful book Linchpin and right NOW, it's his February 6 posting: The relentless search for "tell me what to do"

A brief, focused post, capturing a frustration I've had for months. Seth observes:

If you've ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling.

People are just...