A proper business introduction erases awkwardness and confusion among mixed groups of people. It sets the stage for all parties to acknowledge each other with respect and makes communication easier.

I’ve never admitted this publicly, but I’m a matchmaker. Not the romantic kind—the professional kind. In 2015, I made at least 227 email introductions between people who didn’t know each other. An ...

We’ve all gotten that email request: Will you put me in touch with someone in your network? A common impulse is to shoot off a quick email introduction addressed to both parties. But that’s not the ...

When building your business team, acclimating new hires properly ensures that they feel welcome and work productively with your current employees. If your company has fewer than 20 employees and ...

When you’re introducing two people at a party, you can make things easier for both of them and break the ice before they even start talking. Introductions can be awkward. When someone just gestures ...

I get an average of three requests per week to make an introduction to someone in my network. It doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by the number of weeks in a year, and I’m fielding more than ...

“Easy Vlogging – making Interactive Self-introduction Videos” is an online course for people to learn, in self-paced format, how to create effective job interview videos for either academic pursuit or ...