Cynthia de Lorenzi is a Public Speaker, successful Entrepreneur and prolific Social Networker, originally from Texas, now based in Washington DC. She’s also the wonderful Southern belle, that in a unique sequence of events, catalyzed the birth of The Connections Show – following an introduction to Vint Cerf, a prominent figure (who is frequently referred [...]

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Iggy Pintado is an author, public speaker and online networking expert and trainer, based in Sydney, Australia. In July, 2008, Iggy left the corporate environment to become an entrepreneur – and spent the following nine months researching and writing about his passion for online networking. The result is ‘Connection Generation’ – a new book that highlights the [...]

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Robert Hayes is an entrepreneur and developer, based in Denver, Colorado – and the Principal & President of CynoCast, the software company he founded. CynoCast is an innovative solution that allows you to deliver targeted web pages immediately to a another person’s browser, while you’re talking to them, via telephone, Skype, embedded VOIP or Instant Messaging [...]

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Lewis Howes is a former professional athlete – now sports industry writer, speaker & Linkedin trainer, from Columbus, Ohio. He’s recently launched a book, called ‘LinkedWorking‘, on the subject of how to use LinkedIn to help achieve success and professional goals. In this conversation, Lewis talks about what motivated him to become a LinkedIn expert – as [...]

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Marc Freedman is a larger-than-life entrepreneur & businessman from Dallas, Texas. He’s also one of the world’s most prolific online networkers. According to TopLinked.com, he’s currently #6 on LinkedIn worldwide, with over 32,000 First Level Connections. So it was surprising to learn that despite being a sophisticated and net-savvy Internet user, Marc was recently the [...]

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Not content with just being part of the team that invented the Internet to begin with, Vint Cerf (currently VP & Chief Internet Evangelist at Google) is now also working with NASA on the NEXT stage – the Interplanetary Internet. In the final part of our special 3-part series on the History of the Internet, Vint [...]

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Vint Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. Amongst many other achievements, he, together with Robert Kahn, were winners of the Turing Award for 2004. They were both also inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2006, for their pioneering work on developing the Internet’s basic communications protocols. In this episode [...]

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Vinton G. Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. Widely known as the “Father of the Internet,” Vint (together with his colleague, Robert Kahn) is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the Internet. In this episode, Vint discusses the precursors, origins and early days of the Internet – including [...]

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Ross Dawson is a global expert on Web 2.0, Social Networking and the Impact of technology on today?s society. He?s also our first encore guest – first appearing on the show over a year ago. In this episode, Ross discusses the multitude of changes that have occurred since then, particularly the growing trend towards the Wide [...]

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Andre Kemp is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for the Asia Pacific region of VMware, the world’s leading provider of Virtualization technology & solutions. This interview provides a complete overview of Virtualization and its benefits in simple, easy to understand language. With Virtualization capable of providing an immediate an ROI of 60-70%, if you’re the CIO or [...]

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Andrew Sherman is a successful corporate lawyer and advisor with global powerhouse, Jones Day. He’s also a lecturer in the University of Maryland’s MBA program and the author of 18 books – many of which have had multiple printings and become key reference sources in the areas of Business Growth, Strategy & Development. In contrast to his [...]

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Originally from the USA, but now located in Sydney, Australia, Andrew Walls is the Asia Pacific Director of Security & Privacy at Gartner, the world’s leading IT Research & Analysis Consultancy. One of the themes that has emerged in conversations with some of my guests recently, is the subject of Security & Personal Privacy on the [...]

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John McCrea is VP of Marketing at Plaxo, in Mountain View, California. He’s a seasoned veteran of the Internet – responsible for pioneering a number of online advances, including the first Internet advertising deal & creation of the term ‘Powered By …’ In this interview, John discusses the role that Plaxo Pulse plays in connecting and updating [...]

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Simms Jenkins is the founder & CEO of of BrightWave Marketing, an award-winning permission-based marketing company in Atlanta, Georgia. Email Marketing delivers a $46 ROI on very dollar invested – but done properly, it’s not quite as easy as it seems. In this interview, Simms discusses some of the benefits, pitfalls and myths involved – all of [...]

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Stan Relihan is a Recruiter & Headhunter in Sydney, Australia. Although not strictly speaking an Episode of ‘The Connections Show’, it was this interview with Cameron Reilly on the G-Day World show (and the subsequent challenge Cameron set him) that became the catalyst for this show’s genesis. If you’re interested in learning about how to use LinkedIn [...]

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Tana Goertz is an internationally-recognized Entrepreneur, Author, Public Speaker & Success Coach from Des Moines, Iowa. She’s probably best known as a finalist in Donald Trump’s hit TV series, The Apprentice 3: ‘Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts’. She’s also appeared on ‘Fear Factor’, as well as being as the spokesperson for The Bedazzler and several other [...]

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Kelly Perdew is CEO of Rotohog.com – a Fantasy Sports platform that creates interactive online games with partners like the National Basketball Association. Based in Los Angeles, California, Kelly is a graduate of West Point Military Academy & the winner of Donald Trump’s top-rating TV Show, The Apprentice, Season 2. As well as being an Entrepreneur, Speaker, [...]

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Raimund Genes is CTO, Anti-Malware at leading Internet Security vendor, Trend Micro, based at their European headquarters in Munich, Germany. As a result of meeting Raimund at the 2008 Gartner Security Summit held in Sydney, Australia, I invited him to appear on the show to expand on one of the themes that’s emerging as a matter [...]

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Thomas Power, located in London, is the founder & CEO of Ecademy – the original Business Network. Founded in February 1998, at the suggestion of Thomas’ wife, Penny Power, Ecademy now has over 300,000 members and operations in over 200 countries worldwide. Although smaller and a lot more exclusive than many other networks in existence today, In [...]

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Patrick Crane is VP of Marketing & Advertising at LinkedIn – the world’s #1 Business Networking site, currently with over 26 Million members. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Patrick worked at Yahoo! Mobile & Vodafone (including some time in Sydney, Australia). In this frank and open discussion, Patrick talks about his role at LinkedIn – and answers many [...]

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Mark Horstman is the host of Manager Tools – the world’s #1 Business Podcast Mark and his business partner, Mike Auzenne have been providing valuable management techniques & advice through their free weekly podcast since November 2005 – and have since achieved an enviable position as the most successful Business Podcast on the Internet. In this engaging [...]

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Bart Jellema is a highly-accomplished Web 2.0 Software Developer, Database Architect and Ajax expert – originally from the Netherlands, now living in Sydney, Australia. Bart’s now put his money where his mouth is and become an Entrepreneur – using his software skills & Internet knowledge to launch Tjoos.com, a new Online Coupon Aggregator & Price Comparison [...]

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Gary Unger is an Advertising, Design & Marketing professional from Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. He’s also a first-time Author – of a book entitled: “How to be a Creative Genius (in five minutes or less)”. What’s remarkable about Gary’s story is that he joined LinkedIn just over a month ago (on the advice of his [...]

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Dylan Conroy is a young independent Television Producer / Manager and Development Consultant in Hollywood, California. From his unique perspective working in the Entertainment Industry, Dylan shares his experiences of how he’s been successfully using LinkedIn to establish new professional relationships and celebrity connections to help him in his business of developing Reality TV projects. He’s also [...]

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Octavio Pitaluga Neto is a successful Networker, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur and Chief Networking Officer with Top Executives Net (TEN). Located in Brazil, Octavio has one of the largest LinkedIn networks in the world – and the largest in Latin America (and Ibero-America). In this conversation, Octavio discusses his approach to networking, and the benefits of having a [...]

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Jen Harwood is a successful Author, Public Speaker and Small Business Transformation Specialist & Mentor from Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. Despite being located in a small country town, Jen has used networking and the Internet to establish a thriving national enterprise, helping small businesses achieve success. In this interview, Jen discusses her philosophy, as well as the [...]

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Lars Hilse is a Web Strategist, Speaker, Entrepreneur and Author, based in Germany. In addition to giving us his perspective on the social networking scene in Europe, Lars discusses a wide range of topics, including the importance of good Customer Relationship Management Systems and simple, rewarding User Experience and Interface Design. Lars has also been successful in [...]

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Craig Scroggie is Vice President & Managing Director for the Pacific Region of Symantec Corporation, the world’s 4th-largest software company. The company is probably best known for its Norton AntiVirus & Internet Security products, some of the leading antivirus & security solutions on the market. With over 1 Million identified threats, we’ve passed a ‘Tipping Point’, where [...]

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George Hu is a graduate from Harvard University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His current role is Executive Vice President, Marketing, Applications & Education at Salesforce.com, located in San Francisco. The company was founded in 1999 by former Oracle executive (and one of my direct LinkedIn connections) Marc Benioff – who revolutionized the traditional software [...]

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Dave Millman is an MIT graduate and former Director of Marketing at IBM. His present role is Vice President of Marketing at CiraNova, a software company located in San Francisco’s Bay Area in California, servicing the semiconductor industry. He’s also an expert witness in software intellectual property & distribution agreement cases – and a regular listener [...]

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Ron Bates is a Headhunter, Executive Search Consultant & Recruiter based in San Francisco, USA. Heâ??s also widely known as LinkedIn’s most-connected user – with around 40,000 direct Connections. However, while Ron’s name is well-known to many people, he himself maintains a fairly low personal profile. In this interview, we chat with LinkedIn’s ‘Man of Mystery’, as [...]

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Dave Mendoza is a Contract Recruiter, Sourcer & Trainer located in Denver, Colorado. He’s also a very prominent and prolific Blogger, through his site ‘Six Degrees from Dave‘, which has recently been recognised with a number of awards and commendations, including ‘Best Recruiting Blog of 2007‘ at RecruitingBlogs.com. In the process, Dave has developed a powerful and [...]

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David Moore is Director of Enterprise Engagements at Hewlett Packard in Sydney, Australia – and through the course of his career, has been involved in closing deals totaling in excess of $3 Billion. Prior to joining HP, David had a long career at Deloitte Consulting, as Industry Leader in Energy, Telecommunications & Government, followed by responsibility [...]

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Marc Freedman is CEO and founder of the DallasBlue Business Network – and a wild Texas entrepreneur who can’t help being a thorn in the side of LinkedIn.com for his diligent evangelism of large networks. A few years back, Marc was #3 worldwide on LinkedIn, until he was excommunicated for ‘networking too much’ – and forced [...]

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Rob McNealy Rob McNealy is a LinkedIn user, based in Denver Colarado and the host of ‘Startup Story Radio’ – a combination Radio & Podcast show, with the focus on inspiring & motivating people to become successful entrepreneurs. In this Interview, Rob & I discuss many of the different Web 2.0 and Social Networking sites and [...]

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Doug Hughes is Vice President, Customer Services for Australia & New Zealand at Oracle Corporation. Doug was the Keynote Speaker on the subject of ‘Sales Performance & Improvement‘ at a recent Networking Event, organized by myself and my colleagues at Expert Executive Search – in conjunction with our business associates from Oracle, Hewlett Packard & Ernst [...]

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Kathie Thomas is an Author, Blogger, Public Speaker and founder of the Virtual Assistant Industry in Australia. She operates a thriving network of over 200 Virtual Assistants in more than 16 countries around the world – helping and empowering hundereds of women to establish successful businesses working from home. As a result of this activity, she was [...]

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Jay Bhatti is a very intelligent & highly-articulate 34-year old Wharton Business School MBA graduate and Entrepreneur. Based in San Francisco, Jay is co-founder of Spock.com, a People Search Engine, which launched in Public Beta in August 2007. For those that are curious, S.P.O.C.K. is an acronym for ‘Single Point of Contact by Keyword’ – and [...]

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Steven Burda is a young Entrepreneur & Senior Financial Analyst with a Fortune 500 company. Heâ??s also one of the Top 50 most-connected LinkedIn’s users, according to TopLinked.com. As a 26-year old who has yet to realize any significant commercial benefit from his 10,000+ connections, Steven is a classic case of being ‘All Dressed Up – [...]

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Jason Alba is Chief Executive Officer of JibberJobber.com – a leading Job Search Management Tool. He’s also the author of a book on how to use LinkedIn more effectively, entitled ‘I’m on LinkedIn – Now What?’ Jason is a smart guy – with an easy conversational style and a ready chuckle. Join us for a good-natured, informative [...]

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Ross Dawson is a highly-intelligent, articulate & insightful Strategy Consultant, Author, Keynote Speaker and leading authority on Web 2.0, Social Networking and their applications in the business environment. In one of the most informative & stimulating conversations I’ve had the privilege of being of being involved in, Ross examines some of the themes that have arisen [...]

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This week’s guest is Melissa Giovagnoli, an Online Marketing Visionary, Public Speaker & Networking Coach. She is also the author of a number of books, including the best-seller: ‘Networlding: Building Relationships and Opportunities for Success’ – and was recently named by a leading business publication as ‘The Best Networker in Chicago’. In this interview, Melissa shares her [...]

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In our first Episode for 2008, we talk with Steven Lubetkin, a Public Relations consultant from Philadelphia – and a leading producer of PodCasts, Mash-ups & other Web 2.0 solutions for the Corporate sector. Steven also tells a very interesting anecdote that illustrates the Mash-Up concept in action, involving Twitter & Flickr. You can find out more [...]

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Vincent Wright is a prominent Blogger, Recruiter & Career Coach, a leading ‘Social Network Catalyst’ – and the ‘King of the Yahoo! Groups’. Creator of more than 200 networking discussion groups, including MyLinkedInPowerForum (MLPF) – one of the largest groups dedicated to users of LinkedIn, Vincent has also embraced other networking platforms, such as Facebook & [...]

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Shaun Gisbourne is a Telemarketing Specialist in Leicester, UK – and by his own admission, unlike some of my previous guests, is NOT a LinkedIn ‘Power User’. Instead, Shaun represents a typical ‘Connections’ listener – who was invited to appear as a Guest for the show as a result of writing to me with some very [...]

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Jeff Sheard is the Channels Director for Cisco Systems in Sydney, Australia. In this Episode, Jeff discusses how Cisco is using new Web 2.0 applications & other tools, such as Facebook, Second Life and Immersive Telepresence as tools for Online Collaboration – and the productivity benefits & cost savings they deliver. This includes saving $200 Million p.a. [...]

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Craig Elias is a highly-successful Sales Professional and the creator of ‘Trigger-Based Selling’ – a sales training program that teaches users to identify & capitalize on the key ‘Trigger’ events that influence How, Why and When people are most receptive to making buying decisions. In 2003, Craig was the winner of the ‘Billion Dollar Idea Pitch [...]

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Mike O’Neil is widely recognized at THE leading organizer of ‘LinkedIn Live’ and other Face-to-Face Networking Events – with a Business Network of over 7,500 members in the Denver, Colorado area. In this Episode, Mike shares his experiences on the benefits that can arise when online relationships are taken to the next level – as people [...]

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One of the themes that has emerged from conversations with my guests over the past few weeks has been about how Social Networks offer marketers the opportunity of engaging with consumers in a way that is not intrusive, but relevant – sometimes even welcome. Ian Lyons is Business Development Director at pureprofile – a permission-based marketing [...]

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Regular followers of this show will be familiar with the challenge given to me by Cameron Reilly (CEO of TPN & host of the G’Day World show), that kicked it all off to begin with â?? and the subsequent challenge that I made to HIM, back in Episode #001. Well, the Challenge finished on October 31. [...]

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Rob Kingma is a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young Revenue Growth Services in Sydney, Australia. As sponsor of Australia’s first face-to-face Networking Event for LinkedIn users, Rob talks about the subsequent business benefits arising from this – as well as strategies for businesses and individuals to use using social networks as a Business Tool. [...]

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John Johnston is a Digital Interactive Designer & Art Director working in Sydney, Australia – and an enthusiast of a number of Social Media networks. In this episode, John talks about his latest passion, Twitter – new kid on the block among social networks, whose main point of difference seems to be the brevity of messages [...]

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This week’s guest is Cynthia de Lorenzi – successful Entrepreneur & personal contact of the legendary Vint Cerf (co-inventor of the Internet & Chief Internet Evangelist at Google). She is also the wonderful lady who was instrumental in introducing me to Vint, in a unique sequence of events that caltalyzed the creation of this Podcast series. Cynthia [...]

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This week’s guest is Rajesh Thiharie – one of Australia’s more connected LinkedIn users – and a real life ‘Success Story’ in using social networks to business benefit. What is interesting about Rajesh and the experiences he recounts is the fact that 2 of the last 3 jobs Rajesh has had have come about as a [...]

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