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Online or Off, The Winning Technology to Create Community is Respectful, Collaborative and Reciprocal

By Victoria Pynchon

pCheck out a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/work-with-liz/"Liz Straus'/a a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/25-traits-of-twitter-folks-i-admire-and-25-folks-who-have-them/"25 Traits of Twitter Folks I Admire and 25 Folks Who Have Them/a.nbsp; These quot;traitsquot; are in fact disciplines.nbsp; Achieving them on a consistent basis is work but work worth doing.nbsp; Use them to guide your way in the new year and your conflicts with your fellows will decrease and your fortunes rise!nbsp; Thanks Liz!nbsp; Click on the link above for the Twitter quot;Folksquot; who have these traits and follow them./p pimg width="500" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="495" border="5" align="texttop" src="http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/uploads/image/twitter(1).jpg" alt="" //p blockquote ol li pemdonrsquo;t seek to be the center of any universe./em/p /li li pemfind great conversations and get to know the people there./em/p /li li pemrealize that every venue has itrsquo;s own culture and rules./em/p /li li pemdo their own talking and their own listening./em/p /li li pemtalk mostly about the accomplishments of others./em/p /li li pemask intriguing questions that invite others to join the conversation./em/p /li li pemdonrsquo;t worry when folks donrsquo;t respond to something they say./em/p /li li pemhave time for new friends, talk to them, listen to them, read their sites and bios, ask them questions mdash; avoid assumptions./em/p /li li pemhave a different conversation with every individual and every business./em/p /li li pemtake embarrassing or private conversations offline./em/p /li li pemare inclusive and encourage folks who exclude people to exclude themselves./em/p /li li pemshout out good news, help in emergencies, and celebrate with everyone./em/p /li li pemsay please, thank you, and yoursquo;re welcome, and mean them./em/p /li li pemare incredibly curious about what works, what doesnrsquo;t work, seek feedback often, and look to improve what they do./em/p /li li pemstudy the industry and trends, watch how things occur, share information about those freely, but never break a trust./em/p /li li pemoffer advice when people ask. Help whenever they can./em/p /li li pemarenrsquo;t ldquo;shameless.rdquo; Ask for help in ways that folks are proud to pitch in./em/p /li li pemare constantly connecting people and ideas in business conversations that are helpful, not hypeful./em/p /li li pemget paid to strategize business, build tactical plans, but wonrsquo;t ldquo;monetizerdquo; relationships./em/p /li li pemignore the trolls./em/p /li li pemkeep their promises./em/p /li li pemcan be transparent without being naked hellip; most of us look and behave best in public with our clothes ON./em/p /li li pemlisten to the hive mind, but think their own thoughts./em/p /li li pemsend back channel ldquo;hellosrdquo; to friends when therersquo;s no time to talk./em/p /li li pemunderstand that the Internet is public and has no eraser./em/p /li /ol pemThe relationships with people mdash; social in social media mdash; is what is changing things. It makes a business experience worth looking forward to and turns a transaction into a relationship. Itrsquo;s different online because I canrsquo;t see you. When I meet folks who make that distance and darkness disappear, I respect and admire them./em/p /blockquoteimg src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/SettleItNowNegotiationBlog/~4/492380073" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by Settle It Now Negotiation Blog on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).