{"id":469,"date":"2011-03-08T04:43:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T09:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2011-03-06T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T16:07:49","slug":"next-week-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/next-week-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Week &#8211; St. Patrick\u2019s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/next-week-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>A week from Thursday is my favorite holiday \u2013 St. Patrick\u2019s Day!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations have changed over the years.\u00a0 I rarely wear shorts on St. Patrick\u2019s Day, as it is still too cold in New England for shorts in mid-March, and my networking reach is far beyond J Patrick O\u2019Malley\u2019s, but you can bet I will be networking, enjoying the day and hope you will be too.<\/p>\n<p>In the days of JPats, I tracked contacts with paper and ink, I had\u00a0no real strategy for networking, or managing my career, \u00a0there was no\u00a0LinkedIn,\u00a0or online relationship management systems\u00a0 \u2013 WOW \u2013 what if there had been \u2013 who knows?<\/p>\n<p>For those of you are in the Boston area, next week you can <em>tap<\/em> into one of my network contacts, Jason Alba at one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jibberjobber.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/01\/baltimore-boston-speaking\/\">several events<\/a>.\u00a0 In other areas connect with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jibberjobber.com\/blog\/\">Jason\u2019s blog <\/a>as he speaks throughout the US and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendars,\u00a0register, and go hear <a href=\"http:\/\/jasonalba.com\/about\/\">Jason Alba<\/a> speak.\u00a0 You will be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p>Jason gets <a href=\"http:\/\/jasonalba.com\/speaking-events\/\">career management.<\/a>\u00a0 He was an IT Manager who got laid off in 2006.\u00a0 Jason is street-smart, has great stories, an engaging smile and like so many, he figured out career management is critical.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our connection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturion.net\/Venturion_BJ_Article.pdf\">Don Huse<\/a> at Venturion introduced me to Jason Alba.\u00a0 Jason is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LinkedIn-What-Guide-Getting-Most\/dp\/1600050697\">three books<\/a>, and someone I looked to for update to date information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jibberjobber.com\/blog\/specials\/\">relationship management systems<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/static?key=what_is_linkedin&amp;trk=hb_what\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and other social media.\u00a0 He is also a certified personal branding strategist &#8211; yet another connection!\u00a0 We are also talking about his returning to New England in the early fall, but don\u2019t wait till then to connect with Jason Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have questions?\u00a0 Contact me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you are in the Boston area, next week you can tap into one of my network contacts, Jason Alba at one of several events.  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