Archive for September, 2008
David Brooks with a scathing critique of both Democrats and Republicans regarding the failure of theBailout Bill.
And let us recognize above all the 228 who voted no — the authors of this revolt of the nihilists. They showed the world how much they detest their own leaders and the collected expertise of the Treasury and […]
How to Evaluate a Texas Real Estate Offer
Closed Published by Austin Real Estate Blog September 30th, 2008 on Austin Real Estate BlogI recently did a walk-through on a property that was closing with our buyer the next day. The contract stated in Special Provisions paragraph 11: “home and carpet to be professionally cleaned prior to closing date”. Upon viewing the property, the sellers had not completed the carpet cleaning. The seller …
The threat level is clearly high if they’re posting it on the roadways.
Sometimes half the fun is in the normal stuff. Truth be told, we don’t DO normal stuff all that often. We skip the errands and get spoiled never driving during traffic. We walk around our little neighborhood and shop at the Farmer’s Market. This past week MK’s birthday necessitated me doing a little real shopping. […]
Nominations and Testimonials
Closed Published by Business Networking in Austin Blog September 29th, 2008 on Business Networking in Austin BlogIf you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time you know that I consistently write about finding ways to add value to your network. A couple of ways that you can quickly add lasting value to those deserving individuals in your network are through award nominations and testimonials.
If you pay attention to it you’ll notice quite a few requests for nominations for a variety of different awards through out the year. Here are just a few examples:
- Austin Business Awards - Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
- Austin Under 40 - Young Men’s Business Leage (YMBL) and Young Women’s Alliance (YWA)
- Entrepreneur of the Year - Ernst & Young
- BiG IDEA Awards - BiG AUSTIN
- Best Places to Work - Austin Business Journal
Keeping an eye out for these calls to nominate and spending just a few minutes to think about the one or two people in your network who are really deserving of this type of recognition. Investing just a few minutes of your time to fill out a nomination form can bring some great recognition and publicity to your nominee. Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that somebody else will nominate them. Worst case scenario there is nothing worse than for them to receive multiple nominations. How do you think these awards get won?
The most deserving of recognition in your network might not fit a particular award category. That’s ok, you can always write an unsolicited testimonial. Again, this act takes just a few minutes but can be incredibly valuable to the person you’re testimonializing. Best practice: make the testimonial public. An easy way to do this is to write the Testimonial on LinkedIn. That way the person you’ve written it for has the choice of whether or not to display what you’ve written (they’ll be thankful either way). If they do choose to add it to their profile both your entire LinkedIn network and their network will be made aware of your kudos.
The next time you see a nomination request take 2 minutes to think of someone you can nominate.
Right now, choose the one person in your network most deserving of a testimonial (the name should pop into your head almost immediately). Now take just 5 minutes to write a quick testimonial and send it to them. I promise you’ll make their day.
Happy Networking!
Scott Ingram
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Edwards and Lewis Quotes from Sunday
Closed Published by jdodson September 29th, 2008 on Creation ProjectOn Sunday I referred to the work of C.S Lewis and Jonathan Edwards in a sermon called Gospel Growth. Edwards helped us understand the nature of faith via the analogy of honey. Lewis helped us understand love. I talked about love in terms of its propensity to sacrifice and to give, cruciform and Gift love. […]
A few quick previews of my ACL Music Festival coverage for Sunday. See all the photos at Austin.com!
Neko Case
Shooter Jennings
The Raconteurs
Texas Economist Dotzour’s Take On Proposed Bailout
Closed Published by Austin Real Estate Blog September 29th, 2008 on Austin Real Estate BlogBelow is the Texas A and M Real Estate Center Mark Doutzour’s take on the financial bailout. As usualy, he puts everything into a nutshell quite well.
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – As negotiations continue over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation’s financial system, Dr. Mark Dotzour, chief …
View Austin Real Estate Listings from your iPhone
Closed Published by Austin Real Estate Blog September 29th, 2008 on Austin Real Estate BlogRealtor.com has a nice iPhone specific url that allows you to view real estate listings from your iPhone. I’m not sure what percentage of U.S. listings are fed into Realtor.com, but I would be suprised if it isn’t most of the major metro area MLS listings. And they are all …