http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com The Connections Show puts you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in Social & Business Networking. The host, Stan Relihan, is a leading Recruiter & Top 50 LinkedIn user. In each Episode, guests from his extensive network share their experiences & insights on how Web 2.0 tools & resources can be used to create business advantage. Tue, 06 May 2008 10:11:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en George Hu is a graduate from Harvard University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His current role is Executive Vice President, Marketing, Applications & Education at Salesforce.com, located in San Francisco. The company was founded in 1999 by former Oracle executive (and one of my direct LinkedIn connections) Marc ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/05/03/connections-030-scalability-responsiveness-transparency/ Dave Millman is an MIT graduate and former Director of Marketing at IBM. His present role is Vice President of Marketing at CiraNova, a software company located in San Franciscos Bay Area in California, servicing the semiconductor industry. He's also an expert witness in software intellectual property & distribution agreement cases ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/19/connections-029-undocumented-ways-to-use-linkedin/ Ron Bates is a Headhunter, Executive Search Consultant & Recruiter based in San Francisco, USA. Hes also widely known as LinkedIn's most-connected user - with around 40,000 direct Connections. However, while Ron's name is well-known to many people, he himself maintains a fairly low personal profile. Download The World's Number 1 ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/06/connections-028-the-worlds-number-1-linkedin-user/ Dave Mendoza is a Contract Recruiter, Sourcer & Trainer located in Denver, Colorado. Hes also a very prominent and prolific Blogger, through his site Six Degrees from Dave, which has recently been recognised with a number of awards and commendations, including Best Recruiting Blog of 2007 at RecruitingBlogs.com. In the process, ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/29/connections-027-building-a-personal-brand-online/ David Moore is Director of Enterprise Engagements at Hewlett Packard in Sydney, Australia - and through the course of his career, has been involved in closing deals totaling in excess of $3 Billion. Prior to joining HP, David had a long career at Deloitte Consulting, as Industry Leader in Energy, Telecommunications ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/17/connections-026-insights-from-a-3-billion-man/ Marc Freedman is CEO and founder of the DallasBlue Business Network - and a wild Texas entrepreneur who can't help being a thorn in the side of LinkedIn.com for his diligent evangelism of large networks. A few years back, Marc was #3 worldwide on LinkedIn, until he was excommunicated for 'networking ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/09/connections-025-rebuilding-a-network-from-scratch/ Rob McNealy Rob McNealy is a LinkedIn user, based in Denver Colarado and the host of Startup Story Radio " a combination Radio & Podcast show, with the focus on inspiring & motivating people to become successful entrepreneurs. Download Connections #024 - Using Social Networks for Marketing & Promotion In this Interview, ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/02/connections-024-using-social-networks-for-marketing-promotion/ Doug Hughes is Vice President, Customer Services for Australia & New Zealand at Oracle Corporation. Doug was the Keynote Speaker on the subject of 'Sales Performance & Improvement' at a recent Networking Event, organized by myself and my colleagues at Expert Executive Search - in conjunction with our business associates ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/24/connections-023-oracle-and-enterprise-20/ Kathie Thomas is an Author, Blogger, Public Speaker and founder of the Virtual Assistant Industry in Australia. She operates a thriving network of over 200 Virtual Assistants in more than 16 countries around the world - helping and empowering hundereds of women to establish successful businesses working from home. Download Running a ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/19/connections-022-running-a-network-of-virtual-assistants/ Jay Bhatti is a very intelligent & highly-articulate 34-year old Wharton Business School MBA graduate and Entrepreneur. Based in San Francisco, Jay is co-founder of Spock.com, a People Search Engine, which launched in Public Beta in August 2007. For those that are curious, S.P.O.C.K. is an acronym for 'Single Point of ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/10/connections-021-spock-the-people-search-engine/ Steven Burda is a young Entrepreneur & Senior Financial Analyst with a Fortune 500 company. Hes also one of the Top 50 most-connected LinkedIn's users, according to TopLinked.com. As a 26-year old who has yet to realize any significant commercial benefit from his 10,000+ connections, Steven is a classic case of ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/02/connections-020-10000-contacts-now-what/ Jason Alba is Chief Executive Officer of JibberJobber.com " a leading Job Search Management Tool. Hes also the author of a book on how to use LinkedIn more effectively, entitled Im on LinkedIn " Now What? Jason is a smart guy - with an easy conversational style and a ready chuckle. Download ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/27/connections-019-im-on-linkedin-now-what/ Ross Dawson is a highly-intelligent, articulate & insightful Strategy Consultant, Author, Keynote Speaker and leading authority on Web 2.0, Social Networking and their applications in the business environment. In one of the most informative & stimulating conversations Ive had the privilege of being of being involved in, Ross examines some of ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/19/connections-018-improving-performance-profitability/ This week's guest is Melissa Giovagnoli, an Online Marketing Visionary, Public Speaker & Networking Coach, as well as the author of a number of books, including the best-seller: 'Networlding: Building Relationships and Opportunities for Success' - and was recently named by a leading business publication as 'The Best Networker in ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/14/connections-017-networlding-the-science-of-networking/ In our first Episode for 2008, we talk with Steven Lubetkin, a Public Relations consultant from Philadelphia - and a leading producer of PodCasts, Mash-ups & other Web 2.0 solutions for the Corporate sector. Steven also tells a very interesting anecdote that illustrates the Mash-Up concept in action, involving Twitter & ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/05/connections-016-using-podcasts-mash-ups-as-corporate-tools/ Vincent Wright is a prominent Blogger, Recruiter & Career Coach, a leading 'Social Network Catalyst' - and the 'King of the Yahoo! Groups' Creator of more than 200 networking discussion groups, including MyLinkedInPowerForum (MLPF) - one of the largest groups dedicated to users of LinkedIn, Vincent has also embraced other networking ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/16/connections-015-king-of-the-yahoo-groups/ Shaun Gisbourne is a Telemarketing Specialist in Leicester, UK - and by his own admission, unlike some of my previous guests, is NOT a LinkedIn 'Power User'. Instead, Shaun represents a typical 'Connections' listener - who was invited to appear as a Guest for the show as a result of writing ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/09/connections-014-secrets-of-networking-revealed/ Jeff Sheard is the Channels Director for Cisco Systems in Sydney, Australia. In this Episode, Jeff discusses how Cisco is using new Web 2.0 applications & other tools, such as Facebook, Second Life and Immersive Telepresence as tools for Online Collaboration - and the productivity benefits & cost savings they deliver. This ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/03/connections-013-its-all-about-collaboration/ Craig Elias is a highly-successful sales professional and the creator of Trigger-Based Selling - a sales training program that teaches users to identify & capitalize on the key 'Trigger' events that influence How, Why and When people are most receptive to making buying decisions. In 2003, Craig was the winner of ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/25/connections-012-secrets-of-successful-selling/ Mike O'Neil is widely recognized at THE leading organizer of 'LinkedIn Live' and other Face-to-Face Networking Events - with a Business Network of over 7,500 members in the Denver, Colorado area. Download Connections #011 - Organizing Events In this Episode, Mike shares his experiences on the benefits that can arise when online ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/19/episode-011-organizing-events/ One of the themes that has emerged from conversations with my guests over the past few weeks has been about how Social Networks offer marketers the opportunity of engaging with consumers in a way that is not intrusive, but relevant - sometimes even welcome. Download Pure Networking Ian Lyons is Business Development ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/12/connections-010-pure-networking/ Regular followers of this show will be familiar with the challenge given to me by Cameron Reilly (CEO of TPN & host of the G'Day World show), that kicked it all off to begin with " and the subsequent challenge that I made to HIM, back in Episode #001. Well, ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/05/episode-009-results-of-the-digg-contest/ Rob Kingma is a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young Revenue Growth Services in Sydney, Australia. Download Connections #008 - The Management Consultant View As sponsor of Australia's first face-to-face Networking Event for LinkedIn users, Rob talks about the subsequent business benefits arising from this - as well as strategies for businesses ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/29/connections-008-the-management-consultant-view/ John Johnston is a Digital Interactive Designer & Art Director working in Sydney, Australia - and an enthusiast of a number of Social Media networks. In this episode, John talks about his latest passion, Twitter - new kid on the block among social networks, whose main point of difference seems to ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/22/connections-007-all-a-twitter-a-gen-x-perspective/ This week's guest is Cynthia de Lorenzi - successful entrepreneur & personal contact of the legendary Vint Cerf (co-inventor of the Internet & Chief Internet Evangelist at Google) - and a wonderful lady who was intrumental in introducing me to Vint, in a unique series of events that culminated in ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/15/connections-006-success-in-the-city/ This week's guest is Rajesh Thiharie - one of Australia's more connected LinkedIn users - and a real life 'Success Story' in using social networks to business benefit. Download Connections #005 - Finding a Job (twice) What is interesting about Rajesh and the experiences he recounts is the fact that 2 of ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/08/connection-005-finding-a-job-twice/ My guest this week is Sheliah Etheridge - one of LinkedIn's most active users. Regular users of LinkedIn will recognise Sheilah as the #1 'Answers Expert' on LinkedIn's very popular Q & A forum. Download Connections #004 - Talking with the Queen of Q & A In this episode, Sheilah discusses her ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/01/connections-004-talking-with-the-queen-of-q-a/ This week's guest is Scott Allen - Executive Editor, LinkedIn Series at "Happy About" and Co-author of "The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online". Scott is also a prominent Blogger, Corporate Speaker Trainer - and author of LinkedIntelligence.com - a very useful & insightful web site on how to ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/24/003-a-taste-of-linkedintelligence/ This week's guest is Christian Mayaud - a successful Venture Capitalist whose amazing Rolodex formed part of the initial nucleus of LinkedIn users. He is also founder of the LinkedIn LIONs and one of LinkedIns most highly-connected users. Download Standard Podcast In this interview, you can listen to Christians insights on the early ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/connections-002-conversation-with-a-lion/ A few months ago, I was interviewed on Cameron Reilly's 'G'Day World' show, here on the Podcast Network, on the subject of 'Using LinkedIn as a Business Tool'. Many listeners found the show to be very helpful to them in communicating the benefits of LinkedIn to their friends & colleagues - ... http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/03/connections-001-it-all-started-with-a-challenge/