Thanks to Liz Strauss for forwarding me an invitation to Jeff Pulver’s social networking breakfast in Chicago this morning.
The inventor of the personal networking tool kit, Jeff is also the author of The Pulver Report. I got my first issue a few minutes ago. Packed with information about technology and social media, this is one report I’ll open and read right away.
After years of networking with other creative types and Chamber groups, the tech scene is new to me. And, this is only my second tech networking event – ever, but it won’t be my last. I told Jeff this morning I’ll see him when comes back to Chicago for breakfast in July. To see how much fun we had, check out this Jeff Pulver breakfast video that aired live this morning – you’ll see me walking in.
As soon as we arrived, we each got a personal networking tool kit. We used stickers as tags for others and Post-its to write on people’s walls [aka a blank nametag]. In addition to our name, we also needed to write a personal tagline.
My personal tagline
Communications pioneer, exploring new frontiers
A few of tags others wrote about me
PR galore, authentic
People I met who gave me their cards
If you’re reading this and we met each other – or not – please feel free to introduce yourself in the comment box.
Kara Carrell, Interfaith Youth Core
Mark Carter, ONE80
Randy Lawrence, TechnoTribe
Leah Jones, Leah in Chicago-Accidentally Jewish
Larry Pyrz, Simple Tel, Inc.
Ryan Rasmussen, Levenger
Amy Ravit, Alloy
Daliah Saper, Saper Law
Jeff Pulver, Pulver.com
Tell Us What You Think
What do you think of the personal networking tool kit concept? Do networking events work for you – how?
03.05.08 Update
The next Chicago social networking breakfast is set for 05.07.08. Find the event on Facebook.
2 thoughts on “Personal PR: Meeting New Friends at Jeff Pulver’s Breakfast”
It was great to meet you this morning! Wish I’d been able to meet as many people as you did, but had a great time chatting with the people I met. Like you!
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At a congregation of digital influencers, it is somewhat relieving to see that not all social media architects are as ‘social’ in person as their online personae suggest. 😉
The qualities that did transpose were openness, transparency, and authenticity. These finely tuned qualities, that have made each of our individual efforts meaningful in digital medias, facilitated our offline community-building in a manner that made the entire experience remarkable.
Although I was apprehensive at first, the personal networking toolkit was effective at breaking communication barriers through good humor. (However, I did drift into frequent visualizations of a 3d Spock.com interface during the actual “tagging.”) 😉