#professional expression

Excited about a new chapter at GlobalNiche.  One year after launching our program, we’re equipping our graduates to build out their own communities. In doing so, we’re hitting a major, longterm milestone: GlobalNiche is an online platform to build community. We’re equipping our graduates with the infrastructure and support you need to bring our continuity [...] http://dlvr.it/49K2W3

Loved to see this “Second-Act-Career Success Stories” article in Fast Company magazine last week by Lydia Dishman, focusing on non-digital-natives who have been using digital tools and social techniques to dynamically reinvent themselves. Non-native digital beings aren’t at a disadvantage. In fact, as the Fast Company examples show — we digital immigrants have more to [...] http://dlvr.it/41W6qp

If people in your particular career field or industry don’t ‘do’ meaningful/extensive/basic social media do you think you might make it your competitive advantage? If no, why not? I ask because I’ve been adding to the GlobalNiche homepage the reasons people don’t invest in their online presence, and that’s one I hear from a lot of [...] http://dlvr.it/3vtrnY

I was talking with a member of our community, a small business owner in the custom interiors field, and she told me, “I’ve put myself out there, but I’d like to see more sales and commissions to sustain my business.”  You wouldn’t know this, but when Anastasia and I pilot tested our program 18 months ago, [...] http://dlvr.it/3qbq46

Peter Sterlacci, a personal branding expert and American expat in Japan, included me in his Brand Mechanics video interview series. It’s a series with experts around the world sharing their tools and techniques to help anyone to build, maintain, or repair their brand. I share with Peter how my expat personal experiences define my personal brand. We also [...] http://dlvr.it/3hnQvh

Tara answers your questions about feeling vulnerable sharing information on the web. http://dlvr.it/3hHThC

What’s a web platform? Here’s the GlobalNiche answer: it’s where and how you exist online.   It’s both the web technology you use, and who you are using it.   It’s the mechanical pieces on the web, and the conceptual pieces of you. It reflects the whole of you both offline and on. Your personality and [...] http://dlvr.it/3bcY1Q