Netherlands

DABGO Helps Tell the Story

Jakob Thusgaard — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:41:26 +0000

Towards the end of this week the DABGO network in the Netherlands helped make a story possible. Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio was looking for a story on the bubble-burst which happened in the Netherlands at the beginning of the decade. DR was in need of a family or an individual who had suffered during that period of time. They reached out to DABGO Netherlands, and the DABGO network helped find such an individual within less than 24 hours.

The story should be broadcasted on the 13th of January in the news at 18:30 and will subsequently be available here with the title “Økonomer frygter nedtur”:

Link to the 18:30 News from Sunday 13.01.2008

January 9th: First Café Evening 2008 in Amsterdam

Jakob Thusgaard — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:37:40 +0000

Don’t forget that tomorrow - on January 9th - it’s time for the first meet for Danes in Amsterdam at the Café de Pijp, Ferdinand Bolstraat 17. More on the monthly café evenings can be found either here or on the facebook group for Danes in Amsterdam (in Danish).

Café Evening for Danes in Amsterdam

Dan Trampedach — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:48:42 +0000

Monthly café evening for Danes in Amsterdam invitation from DABGO member Susanne Simon:

Meet fellow Danish speakers on our montly café evening in Amsterdam. We meet up every first Wedensday of the month in Cafe De Pijp, Ferdinand Bolstraat 17-19. The arrangement starts at 8 pm and we are very open to seeing new people here.

You can read more about the arrangement on our Facebook Group

Welcome to DABGO Netherlands

Dan Trampedach — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:58:01 +0000

DABGO Netherlands is now live, and open for you to join!

We have been working hard to make this network group possible. And it will be with your help that DABGO Netherlands will grow to become a success and an active tool in creating new opportunities for you and the other members. So please take some time to forward the www.dabgo.com link to all the Danes you know in the countries listed on the front page of the DABGO website. Note that membership is free.

On this site you will find tips & tricks on networking, using Linkedin, articles and getting the most of your membership.

Our ambition for DABGO is to contribute to increasing Danish export, acceleration of Danish business peoples’ careers internationally and an increase in international investments in Danish companies and Denmark.

We are looking for global and local sponsors and funding from institutions – i.e. Udenrigsministeriet, globaliseringsrådet, eksportrådet and similar organizations – as well as various trusts, who would be interested in supporting the growth of DABGO globally. The funding will go to adding more value to the entire network, and coordinate local networking events with focus on generating new connections and business opportunities. If you know of anyone who can be of help in accelerating this process, then please have them contact me at dan@dabgo.ch.

We are looking for people who are interested in actively participate in growing DABGO Netherlands, please send me a mail if you can dedicate some spare time.

If you have any suggestions, ideas, comments and/or an article you would like posted on this website, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I wish you a wonderful day and great success.

Sincerely,

Dan Trampedach
Partner & Co-founder, The DABGO Network
Group Manager Switzerland
My profile on Linkedin

10 Ways To Effortlessly Network For Business And Pleasure

Dan Trampedach — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:06:00 +0000

Networking is an art that can be learned. You don’t have to be inherently gregarious and outgoing. Just have a genuine curiosity and interest in others. The result can be rewarding in your work and in your personal life. Here are a few tips on how to network effectively and, for those who may have difficulty networking, rather painlessly. Read the 10 ways at Blog Forward.

Update Your Linkedin Profile

Dan Trampedach — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:13:00 +0000

Here are some good tips from Linkedin employees on how to improve your profile. Read the tips at the blog How To Change The World.

Get The Most Of LinkedIn

Dan Trampedach — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:55:00 +0000

To get success with your LinkedIn profile you need to fully understand the possibilities and the “Do’s and Dont’s”. Below are listed some useful sources that will help you get started or improve your existing profile:

- A basic introduction to LinkedIn here…

- The “Do’s and Dont’s” on LinkedIn here…
- Find a job with LinkedIn here…
- Best practices for recruiters here…
- Distribute a new job here…
- Get the LinkedIn Outlook toolbar here…
- Search Tips here…
- Break unwanted connections here…
- How to contact a DABGO member here…

Read the newest articles and tips here…

How To Find And Contact A DABGO Member

Dan Trampedach — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:53:00 +0000

&otDABGO members can contact each other directly via Linkedin “InMail” which sends an e-mail to the other DABGO members inbox on Linkedin. This function does NOT allow other DABGO members to see each others e-mail addresses. To see another Linkedin members e-mail address and other contact information you need to be connected directly. You can also choose to ask for an Introduction through a shared connection.

Here is an example of how you can find who your searching for and how you can contact that person.

Let’s say you need a Photographer for a job, but do not know any photographers, then let’s try a search on Linkedin within the DABGO group. Remember always to try to give business to fellow DABGO members.

When you login into your Linkedin frontpage you will find the following functions on the lower right hand side of the page. Click on “See all members”

You will now see a complete list of all DABGO members:

In the upper right hand corner you will find the “Refine Search” button. Click it to make a more specific search.

Make sure that the “Limit search to your groups” is checked, and then enter “Photographer” in the “Titel” search box, or make a broader search by using the “Keywords” search box.

You will get a search result, and you can now click the profile that best matches your criteria and contact the person via InMail or via Introduction.

How Do You Manage Your Contacts?

Dan Trampedach — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:46:00 +0000

As our personal contact database increases, it becomes a challenge to manage. Here is my 2 cents on how to create a well functioning personal contact management set-up for your private use:

- Install Plaxo + the Outlook toolbar
- Create a Linkedin account + install the Outlook toolbar
- Use Outlook to its full extend. Check the presentation “Outlook Features for Contact Management - 7 Steps to Success“
- For quick overview of contacts directly in your inbox install “Priasoft Outlook Contact View Add-in for Outlook“

With this set-up you will gain a quick overview of a contact directly in your Outlook Inbox view and automated update functions combined with easy to import/export/update/edit contacts.

Share your contact management solution by making a comment.

Leaders Without a Network Are Bound For Failure

Dan Trampedach — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:34:00 +0000

Most people acknowledge that networking - creating a fabric of personal contacts to provide support, feedback, insight, and resources is an essential activity for an ambitious manager. Indeed, it’s a requirement even for those focused simply on doing their current jobs well. For some, this is a distasteful reality. Working through networks, they believe, means relying on who you know rather than what you know, a hypocritical, possibly unethical, way to get things done.

But as INSEAD’s Herminia Ibarra and Mark Hunter point out in this article published in the Harvard Business Review (January 2007), even those who understand that networking is a legitimate and necessary part of their job can be discouraged by the payoff because they are doing it in too limited a fashion. On the basis of a close study of 30 emerging leaders, the authors outline three distinct forms of networking.

Read the short version at the Havard Business Review or the complete article here.