Tag Archives: Networking

Helen’s 10 Golden Rules of LinkedIn

linkedin-peopleWe were thrilled when Helen Pitlick, digital media strategist, spent a Saturday with us going over best practices for enhancing our LinkedIn profiles. Her 10 golden rules of LinkedIn are worth sharing with others. Take a look at these, and then take a look at your LinkedIn profile. Do you need to modify anything? Continue reading →

EDSymposium15: Networking Tips

networking-1EDSymposium15 (EDS15) is just a few months away. You know what that means, right? Not only will you gain valuable A/E/C-industry specific skills and knowledge, but you’ll also grow your networking circle.

Networking. Does that word scare you a little? It shouldn’t. It should create a little excitement knowing that while you are at EDS15 in Golden, Colorado in early October, you are going to meet other administrators and managers who work in the same field, and in the same types of roles and positions, and who encounter similar challenges and speak the same jargon. Continue reading →

March Membership Madness – get the freebie!

#tbt: No longer alone in the industry

. . . I had been alone in this industry, isolated on an island without networking, education or help.

. . . Nonetheless, my boss encouraged me to participate [in SDA] and I started with chairing the Jobline committee. I found that for all the effort I put into my volunteer duties, I received as much or more back in answers to my own questions, solutions to office quandaries, and ever-increasing knowledge. Through that involvement I got to know several board members who became mentors to me. These inspirational leaders that I admired so much became friends. They became, in my mind, real people, fallible, friendly, and tangible to me in a way I couldn’t have imagined just a few years before.

Renae Howard, CDFA (Seattle member since 2002; excerpt from her “Message to Members,” Portico, November 2005)