The Frog and Prince - Secrets of Positive Networking to Change Your Life (Hardcover)

For too long networking has been viewed simply as an activity -- turning contacts into sales. It has not been treated as a serious management discipline. The Frog and Prince: Secrets of Positive Networking changes all that, and it does so in an understandable, entertaining and compelling way. In the tradition of "Who Moved My Cheese?, Whale Done! and "Fish! The Frog and Prince teaches readers how to tap into their networks, and how to build and maintain powerful positive social networks -- for both business and life. In the Foreword, Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, (the largest business organization in the world with three million members) states: ""Watch out successful networkers -- your best-kept secrets are now out of the bag! You have Darcy Rezac to thank for this. In The Frog and Prince: Secrets of Positive Networking, Darcy opens up the world of networking and lays it out for all to see -- in an understandable, entertaining and compelling way. While Darcy draws on an age-old fairy tale for inspiration, his lessons could not be more timely. In a world full of change and uncertainty, the reach and durability of your personal network are more important than ever." The Frog and Prince is the first book on networking that marries the art and science of personal networking. Mark Buchanan's Nexus: "Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks (Norton), Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's "Linked: The New Science of Networks (Perseus), Duncan Watts's "Six Degrees (Norton) and Steve Strogatz's "SYNC: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Hyperion) are four recent successful books on the exciting new science of networks, including our social ones.These theoretical underpinnings form the basis of an eminently readable book on building and maintaining social networks -- The Frog and Prince: Secrets of Positive Networking.