Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Social Mídia: terceirizar versus in-house



A bela apresentação acima nos mostra o que o uso inteligente, estratégico e estruturado das redes sociais aliado aos tradicionais meios de comunicação pode fazer por um indivíduo, no caso, o Presidente Americano Barack Obama e, mesmo, pelo seu próprio negócio.

Agora cabe ao mercado corporativo decidir se ele prefere contratar uma agência de marketing digital que fará o serviço com esmero ou se ele prefere capacitar, pouco a pouco, a sua mina dourada de colaboradores internos e sob a batuta de um CNO - Chief Networking Officer para implementar a verdadeira gestão de redes de negócios.



O primeiro cenário poderá trazer ganhos mais rápidos mas demandarão maior investimento. Na segunda opção, além de ter ganhos consistentes e mais duradouros, a relação custo x benefício é bem mais interessante. Adicione a oportunidade de inovar perante seus competidores, além de motivar, atrair e reter os melhores talentos do mercado para sua organização. Afinal de contas, o verdadeiro nome do jogo é gestão de população. As redes sociais são apenas o ferramental que usaremos para tal. Posicione-se desde já e que vença o melhor.


Friday, May 22, 2009

Brainsbook on Networking



Selma Prodanovic, Chief Networking Officer of Brainswork initiated the brainsbook.com internet platform almost a year ago. Now, she is proud to present the printed result: the Brainsbook on Networking, the printed edition of the world's first Brainsbook, inspired by leading experts and written by an international community of internet users, with ideas, thoughts and knowledge on networking. These are real tips and experiences by real people - a book filled back-to-back with contributions as diverse as networking itself!

Among the 40 authors from 15 countries are top-class experts such as Bernd Baumgartl, Kristin Engvig, Martina Gleissenebner, Lydia Goutas, Bec Hamilton, Tom Merilahti, Muhamed Mesic, Ivan Misner, Resad Paya Pasic, Octavio Pitaluga Neto, Rachel Sterne, Stephanie Ward, Katrin Zita and editor Selma Prodanovic.

Whether you're a newcomer to the world of networking or a network management professional, this limited special edition brings you the whole momentum - and an idea of common knowledge - from an intercultural world. With contributions in English or German, the Brainsbook has just the ingredients you need to feed your thoughts and boost your networking performance!




Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Treinamento sobre redes sociais na Plano Imobiliaria

Ficamos muito honrado e agradecidos pelo carinho com que fomos recebidos pela equipe da Plano Imobiliaria na liderança da Marlene Nicolau, membro da TEN - Top Executives Net. Que esse seja o início de um longo e profícuo relacionamento profissional para ambos.



Monday, May 18, 2009

TEN - Top Executives Net (PT)

Apresentação institucional destacando nossa expertise em gestão de redes de negocios, no conceito do CNO - Chief Networking Officer e na utilização de redes sociais com fins corporativos.

Monday, April 27, 2009

CNO & The Call



If you heard the same call about becoming a CNO - Chief Networking Officer in your organization, we need to talk. Just add me on Skype: octaviopitaluga and there we go....

Friday, April 03, 2009

American Society Rio de Janeiro´s Networking Cocktail

I thank America Society Rio de Janeiro for the honor of inaugurating its Networking Cocktail with my speaking about business networks management, chief networking officer and social networks.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

World Economic Forum - Technology Report

The Report stresses the importance of ICT as a catalyst for growth in the current global turmoil

Denmark and Sweden once again lead the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, released for the eighth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum. The United States follows suit, up one position from last year, thus confirming its pre-eminence in networked readiness in the current times of economic slowdown. Singapore (4), Switzerland (5) and the other Nordic countries together with the Netherlands and Canada complete the top 10.

The Report underlines that good education fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation are essential engines of growth needed to overcome the current economic crisis. Under the theme “Mobility in a Networked World”, this year’s Report places a particular focus on the relationship and interrelations between mobility and ICT.

With record coverage of 134 economies worldwide, the Report remains the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICT on the development process and the competitiveness of nations.

The Report is produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD, the leading international business school, and is sponsored by Cisco Systems.




The Networked Readiness - 2008/2009 - Rankings



Rankings 2008-2009 Top Ten

>> Rankings in full
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country
Denmark
Sweden
USA
Singapore
Switzerland
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Netherlands
Canada
Score
5.85
5.84
5.68
5.67
5.58
5.53
5.50
5.49
5.48
5.41



Comparison: Denmark (1) x Brazil (59 out 134)

Variable Denmark Brazil
Venture capital availability 4.71 2.87
Financial market sophistication 6.32 5.97
Availability of latest technologies 6.51 4.83
State of cluster development 4.86 3.91
Utility patents (hard data) 71.06 0.47
High-tech exports (hard data) 12.65 6.11
Burden of government regulation 3.83 1.87
Extent and effect of taxation 2.51 1.70
Total tax rate (hard data) 29.90 69.40
Time required to start a business (hard data) 6.00 152.00
Number of procedures required to start a business (hard data) 4.00 18.00
Intensity of local competition 5.58 5.29
Freedom of the press 6.90 6.02
Accessibility of digital content 6.30 4.72
Effectiveness of law-making bodies 6.02 2.38
Laws relating to ICT 6.08 4.18
Judicial independence 6.52 3.81
Intellectual property protection 6.22 3.27
Efficiency of legal framework for disputes 6.30 3.00
Property rights 6.64 4.58
Quality of competition in the ISP sector 5.55 4.69
Number of procedures to enforce a contract (hard data) 34.00 45.00
Time to enforce a contract (hard data) 380.00 616.00
Telephone lines (hard data) 51.89 20.54
Secure Internet servers (hard data) 805.31 20.13
Electricity production (hard data) 6697.77 2157.20
Availability of scientists and engineers 5.31 4.41
Quality of scientific research institutions 5.64 4.33
Tertiary education enrollment (hard data) 79.94 25.48
Education expenditure (hard data) 8.14 4.29
Quality of math and science education 5.09 2.71
Quality of the educational system 5.81 2.70
Internet access in schools 6.16 3.39
Buyer sophistication 5.07 3.62
Residential telephone connection charge (hard data) 0.33 0.50
Residential monthly telephone subscription (hard data) 0.50 4.01
High-speed monthly broadband subscription (hard data) 1.58 20.21
Lowest cost of broadband (hard data) 0.08 0.42
Cost of mobile telephone call (hard data) 0.00 0.37
Extent of staff training 5.85 4.30
Local availability of specialized research and training services 5.77 4.86
Quality of management schools 5.63 4.24
Company spending on R&D 5.62 3.87
University-industry research collaboration 5.30 3.55
Business telephone connection charge (hard data) 0.33 0.50
Business monthly telephone subscription (hard data) 0.50 6.49
Local supplier quality 5.92 5.14
Local supplier quantity 5.51 5.53
Computer 34.84 45.63
Government prioritization of ICT 6.23 4.13
Government procurement of advanced technology products 4.54 3.39
Importance of ICT to government vision of the future 5.65 3.99
E-Government Readiness Index (hard data) 0.91 0.57
Mobile telephone subscribers (hard data) 114.71 63.08
Personal computers (hard data) 72.75 16.09
Broadband Internet subscribers (hard data) 36.33 4.22
Internet users (hard data) 64.31 26.07
Internet bandwidth (hard data) 346.02 1.50
Prevalence of foreign technology licensing 6.09 4.90
Firm-level technology absorption 6.20 5.25
Capacity for innovation 5.52 4.02
Availability of new telephone lines 6.89 6.18
Extent of business Internet use 6.04 4.94
Government success in ICT promotion 5.58 4.15
Availability of government online services 6.18 5.21
ICT use and government efficiency 5.92 4.59
Presence of ICT in government offices 6.18 4.68
E-Participation Index (hard data) 0.93 0.45

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Boat Tour at Cagarras Islands


Program: Boat tour at Cagarras Islands, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

Day: April 05, 2009 (sunday)

Embark/Disembark: Marina da Glória

Check-in: 9h30

Departure/Arrival: 10h / 16h (approximately)

Schedule: sight-seeing via Marina da Glória, following directly to Cagarras Islands, non stop, in private tourism boat. By reaching Rasa Islands, we will stop for snorkling and photos. After crossing the archipelago, next to other islands, another stop for more photos.

Recommendations: Light and bath clothes, sun protector, camera and snorkling equipment (optional, may you have it)

Value: R$ 100,00 per person. Minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 people.

Included: Tourism boat, guide tours, stop for free diving. Fruits, beverages & snacks at will.

Advanced payment: up to 48h
Name: Usina Criativa Com. e Turismo Ltda.
Bank: Itaú, Account: 08992-6, Branch: 2901

ONLINE R.S.V.P. : CLICK HERE

Information:
Marcelo Castro
Cel: 21 9392 9203 or 8734 0581
email: marcelo@cruxecoaventura.com.br


Monday, March 09, 2009

10 reasons to become CNO Group member






Roger Mussa and I have created a CNO Group on LinkedIN recently. This group was designed for special and ambitious professionals. We are very focused on quality rather than quantity.

If you,

1. have distinguished shinning eyes;

2. feel that, despite good performance, your existing responsibilities are not the best match for your true profile and core competences;

3. heard the CNO call and want to learn more;

4. are a senior executive looking for a new career path towards C level;

5. are an executive women willing to grow quickly inside corporate world;

6. are a project manager with a human touch towards your work;

7. want to run your venture following a different approach to business;

8. easily understand the powerful combination between real world and online presence;

9. naturally act as a CNO without even knowing about it;

10. want to help spreading the word about CNO concept globally


Then, CNO group is the right place for you.

Be the most welcome!


Octavio Pitaluga Neto
TEN - Top Executives Net
CNO - Chief Networking Officer

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Sharing CNO experience

Dear all,


I will tell my CNO story and how everything started 4 years ago. I strongly encourage you to do the same here.

I have been always working in international business and marketing in my corporate career. However, I´ve always felt that there was something missing.

When I saw the dawn of social networks businesses, I immediately knew that was the line of business I should pursue for my lifetime from that moment on.

Once, I posted in a forum about having a CNO inside corporations. The response was overwhelming. I knew I had hit something that could become big.

I wrote an article entitled "CNO, the future leader" which was published in a very prestigous Brazilian magazine named Mundo PM, Jun/Jul 2007. It was the cover article and the magazine broke its sales record.

Then, I translated this article into both English and Spanish and added 3 paragraphs in the topic "Responsibilities" on Wikipedia (English version). Since then, it has been there without further modifications.

Meantime, I met Selma Prodanovic via social networks and learnt about her women CNO meetings in Europe. I humbly contributed to her book about social media and its impact in the new corporate management. The book will be lauched in April 2009. Stay tuned!

I also created a full portfolio around CNO concept and business networks methodology.

Getting more international, I presented the CNO concept at Think Tomorrow in Brussels in June 2008.

Besides training and coaching, I have been running my own social network - TEN - Top Executives Net - for two year now and have created a calendar of TEN Happy-Hours in Rio.

How about you?

Looking forward to learning from you too.

Best regards,


Octavio Pitaluga Neto
TEN - Top Executives Net
CNO - Chief Networking Officer
TEN Group on LinkedIN
CNO Group on LinkedIN

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Social Media Numbers

Please check this white paper The Truth is in the Social Media Numbers.

Looking forward to hearing your comments.

What object better represents relationships?


A crystal vase, in my opinion
(talking about the true thing only)

They are carefully made
Very special and delicate
A masterpiece

They are like no other
They can not be copied
They are unique

Although we may think
they are commodities
and can be easily found
Not at all

Take care of your relationships
They may look strong
But they are very fragile
indeed

Never ever risk them
Avoid any damage
Once it is broken
It might be forever lost

They are your way
towards lifetime wealth
Treat them with excellence
And life will take care of you


Wednesday, March 04, 2009

What object better represents life?


In my humble opinion: conventional photo rolls
Why?

When you are born,
God gives you a certain time on earth
You do not know for how long you will stay
Nobody does

As if God gives you one of these rolls and says
"This is your life
Go and get the best out of it
Build, love, cry, smile,
Have fun, make the difference
Be yourself, Laugh,
Develop new relations
and come back later
to show me what you got"

God is always generous
However, for some of us
He gives a 12-photo film
These fellows will have
just a short period of time
to do something

Others are luckier
They will have a 24-photo film
These will have more time
to create a legacy

The great majority of us
Will receive a 36-photo film
We will have time to live
a normal and great life

Finally, God will allow another minority
to stay far long enough
in order to go beyond
in order to live an extraordinary life

Life is always related to time
Time is all what we get in common
While we are still around
Poor or rich

At the end
We will come back to God
With a developed film
or even a numbe of
photo albuns to show



As long as we are here
Let´s make friends,
Develop people,
Love one another,
Strenght relationships

Clean our hearts
Be proud of ourselves
Life is a blessing
We deserve the best of it

Carpe Diem!


Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Introducing the CNO Position into Large Corporations

Smaller companies and start-ups can get the biggest, most-immediate impact by adding a CNO. The smaller and the more flexible the organization is in order to adopt a new leadership style, the better it is for a CNO position to be quickly deployed at the early stages.

However, it does not mean that it cannot be done in more complex, mature and global corporations. It certainly can. As a matter of fact, it very much depends on the leadership level of that specific organization at that moment.

On the one hand, if the leadership is old-fashioned and typically top-down with a “just-do-it-or-you-are-fired” style, then it is better not even investing that much given that this kind of company may not survive in the long run, regardless of how well positioned they are today. Unless, a dramatic change in top management could happen.

On the other hand, if the company has been preparing new leaders, already providing coaching to key managers, and moving from a conservative management approach to a more modern “management from within,” then this company is a serious candidate to implement the CNO concept and Business Networks Management methodology successfully.



Interesting enough, based on our experience so far, everything starts with who I call “the shining eyes executive.” Normally, this professional has been around for a while, knows the organization fairly well, he/she is respected by his/her peers and is a “out-of-box” thinker. He/she reads some articles about CNOs and thought to him/herself “I am a naturally born CNO but I have never realized it until now”. Of course, the CNO position is quite unique in the world and the corporate environment is not completely aware of it....yet.

Normally, this professional comes out of the human / business area, i.e., marketing, sales, business development, international business, strategic alliances and the likes. Then, this professional approach HR staff requesting for this type of training. We can start very light with just 90-minute speaking to a large audience. It this case, the idea is to identify potential CNOs and Business Networks Managers who will react very positively to this invitation. Alternatively, we can organize two-day workshops with a small team of 10-20 executives. The training can be presented both ways: face-to-face or virtually.

Depending on the size of the organization, some additional training and/or coaching sessions must be considered, mainly if there is a need for regional roll-out. Internal communication of all achievements is a key success factor in the quick adoption and healthy deployment of this methodology across the whole corporation. It's an ongoing process in which the senior executives will always coach their junior colleagues in order to be seamlessly aligned in the corporate value, vision, mission and business principles.

Enjoy the road!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Elite Networker Study

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- When the pink slip arrives or necessity calls for a job change, most professionals reluctantly start networking, but those who network consistently instead of as needed earn much more and are better protected finds a new study from Upwardly Mobile, Inc. with the assistance of the Graziadio School of Business Management at Pepperdine University. Among the findings:

  1. Elite professionals earning more than $200,000 a year, more so than other respondents, cited networking as important to their careers and self-reported a greater networking ability. They leverage their network more, use job sites less, and consider networking a lifestyle rather than a tool to be used when needed.
  2. Thirty-one percent of elite high-earning professionals versus 19% of the non-elites spend one to two hours each week networking.
  3. Twenty-nine percent of the non-elite network only when there is a need versus 18% of the elites.
  4. Fifty-seven percent of elite professionals say job sites have no impact on their career advancement while less than 35% of those in the non-elites felt job sites have no impact.
  5. More than 80% say networking impacts income. Fifty-eight percent believe a skilled networker could see up to a 100% increase in income.
  6. Forty percent of respondents said networking is how they found their current job.
  7. The highest earners said the single most critical factor in determining the value of their network isn't the depth of their relationship with contacts or the size of their network, but breadth of connections with the right contacts--contacts willing to recommend them.
  8. Among the online network management tools used by respondents, LinkedIn is seven times more popular than its nearest contender.

"What surprised us was that most people use networking as a one-time reaction to unemployment or a recession instead of long-term protection that can smooth career transitions," says Promise Phelon, CEO of Upwardly Mobile, Inc. "It's clear that a regular, purposeful networking habit, not just a profile on your favorite professional networking site, will lead to greater mobility and downside protection during tough economic times."

For a free PDF download of the 28-page study, please log on to: http://www.upmo.com/knowledge/recent-research.html

Web Search Volume: Social Networking


This chart above shows clearly that the term “social networking” is increasing its web search volume sharply in the last 3 years. The message is straight-forward: either your business uses social networking tools or perhaps you will be out of business sooner than expected.

Are you ready for this?

Friday, February 20, 2009

Trekking Tijuca Forest - Feb 28th


TREKKING TIJUCA FOREST


Day: February 28th, 2009 (saturday)

Time:
9h leaving Copacabana Palace Hotel
10h leaving Praça Afonso Viseu at Alto da Boa Vista

Program:

This park is known as the largest urban forest on earth. Its huge mountains covered with tropical vegetation
contrast with dramatic granite rocks forming the unique background for Rio's beaches and constructions.
In this tour we visit the Park's best viewpoints, waterfalls and hike up Tijuca Peak (Rio's highest at 3300 ft).
A good option is to combine this Tour with an afternoon visit to the charming district of Santa Teresa, with its
cobblestone hilly streets, old homes; interesting museums and Rio's last surviving tram line. During a very short
stay in town it may be useful to include a quick drive up to Corcovado to see the most famous of all images of
Rio, the statue of Christ the Redeemer, located inside the Park
.
Duration: Half-day (5h)

Difficulty level:
Easy

Optional: transport and driver

Not included: Meals and beverages
Recomendations: Light clothes, hiking shoes, backpack with bottle of water, sun hat, sunscreen, small towel
and extra money for meal and beverages


Value: R$ 100/person (transport included) leaving Copacabana Palace Hotel at 9hAM
R$ 45/pessoa (*) meet at Praça Afonso Viseu in Alto da Boa Vista at 10h AM
(*) please drive your own car. it´s not possible to take this tour without transportation

Payment:
until February 26th, 2009
Unibanco: Branch 0055, Cc: 113436-4
Name: Werneck e Barrouin Turismo Ltda

RSVP:
Gabriel or Daniel (Rio Hiking)
Tel: 21. 2552-9204
Cel: 21. 9721-0594
E-mai
l: tours@riohiking.com.br

For further information about CarnAventura 2009, please contact Rio Hiking.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

10 New Habits

As a result of TEN Happy-Hours, we have been observing some new and very positive habits about our members. They ...:
  1. .. become members of TEN and other social networks
  2. .. bring their friends along
  3. .. exchange their business cards
  4. .. lose shyness and communicate better among themselves
  5. .. meet TEN members in other venues later on
  6. .. take note of TEN events calendar: indoor & outdoor
  7. .. do business among themselves
  8. .. build trust in the process
  9. .. start acting as unofficial Chief Networking Officer unconciously
  10. .. spread the word around
So, TEN Happy-Hour is a success because it is a free demo of all tangible and untangible benefits of Business Networks Management and Social Networks to individuals and corporations.

Please come, meet us, experience TEN Happy-Hour and develop new and positive habits for your personal and professional lives.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

TEN Happy-Hour - Learning curve

As one can see, TEN-Happy Hours in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are becoming a big hit. We took a picture of these 6th first experiences as follows:

Fixed
Location: Mentha
Date: 2nd tuesday of the month
Time: 19-23h

Public
Activities: corporate, entrepreneurs, investors & independent professionals from all sectors
Class: A & B
Average age: 30-50
Male / Female : 50-50%, sometimes, more females*
Brazilian / Foreigners: 75-25%
Represented Countries (16) : Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Katar, Latvia, Netherlands, UK, USA,
English spoken: 50+%, at least
Presence in social networks: 80+%, and increasing....

(*) I guess that there is a natural career path for executive women to work as CNO - Chief Networking Officer in organizations. Perhaps, the increasing number of women at TEN Happy-Hours indicates that this perception makes sense after all.


In order to grow in quantity and, mainly, quality consistently, we created a quick online satisfaction research (password: ten) . Please participate!

We are "recruiting" network managers, i.e., volunteers who will basically help promoting TEN Happy-Hours among their peers and welcome/connect people during events.

We are also looking for a leader + 2-3 network managers who would like to replicate TEN Happy-Hour format in São Paulo. Top local networkers are welcome!

Best regards,


Octavio Pitaluga
CNO - Chief Networking Officer
TEN - Top Executives Net

Friday, February 13, 2009

6th TEN Happy-Hour / Thank you







Hi there,

1. Thanks for attending our event yesterday. Another record was broken. We will see how soon we will have 100 professionals in our event. Traditionally, the most recent photos of all previous events are in TEN-Happy Hour.

2. 7th TEN-Happy Hour is already scheduled on March 10th at 19h in Mentha. Please bring your friends along.

3. Aiming to better serve you in a near future, we created a quick online satisfaction research (password: ten) which is the first step as communication channel and feed-back. It takes only 1 minute to be filled but you can make a difference. Please participate! Your opinion is very important to us. Members who reply it, will enjoy additional 3-month free membership.


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As an expert in business networks management and social networks, we created Happy Hour Empresarial to attend companies that need harmonize their different teams spread over several floors, buildings and subsidiaries. We can customize a calendar of events both indoor and outdoor.

It is a great pleasure that we see the theme of CNO - Chief Networking Officer is being discussed as a career opportunity for executive women in social networks (Portuguese / English). It seems that companies are awakening to the growing importance of this work. Also, we have increased our proposals for training and coaching in Brazil and abroad.


Sincerely,

Octavio Pitaluga
CNO - Chief Networking Officer
TEN - Top Executives Net

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Is there evil?

During a conference with several academics, a professor at the University of Berlin challenged his students with this question:
'God created everything that exists? "

A student responded with great certainty:
-Yes, he has created!

-God created everything?
Asked the teacher again.

-Yes sir, replied the young.
The teacher asked:

-If God created everything, then God made evil? Because evil exists, and on the precept that our works are a reflection of ourselves, then God is evil?

The student was silent before such a response and the teacher, happily have proved once again that faith was a waste of time.

Another student raised his hand and said:
-Can I ask a question, professor?

-Of course, the answer was the teacher.
He was standing and asked:

-Professor, does cold exist?
What question is this? Of course it does, or by chance haven´t you ever felt cold?

With some imposing tone, the boy replied:
-Indeed, sir, cold does not exist. Under the laws of physics, what we consider cold, in fact, is the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when has or transmits energy, heat is so that this body has or transmits energy. The absolute zero is the total and absolute absence of heat, all bodies are inert, incapable of reacting, but the cold does not exist. We have created this definition to describe how we feel if we do not have heat.

-And is there darkness? The student continued.
The teacher replied fearing a continuation of the student: Yes, there is!

The student replied:
Again, another mistake, sir, there is also no darkness. The darkness is, in reality, the absence of light. The light can be studied, not the darkness! There is even a prism of Nichols to break white light into many colors that it is composed, with its waves of different lengths. The darkness does not!

Continued:
-A simple ray of light through the darkness illuminates the surface where the ray of light ends.
How can you know how dark is a determined area? Based on the amount of light in this space, is not? Darkness is a definition that man developed to describe what happens when there is no presence of light.

Finally, the young asked the teacher:
-Lord, does evil exist?
Sure that for this question the student would not have an explanation, the professor replied:
- Of course, it does!. As I said from the beginning, we have rape, crime and violence all around the world, these things are of evil!

With a smile on his face the student replied:
There is no-evil, sir, at least there isn´t for itself. The evil is simply the absence of the good, it is the same as the previous cases, evil is a definition that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. It is not as faith or as love that exist as exist heat and light. The evil is the result of humanity not have God presence in their hearts. It is like the cold when there is no heat or the darkness where there is no light.

Around the years 1900, the crowd standed and applauded this young man and the teacher just shaked his head remaining silent ... Immediately the director went to that young man and asked what his name was.

And he replied:
Albert Einstein

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

TEN Happy-Hour Jan 2009 / Thank you!







Dear all,


We took the freedom to bcc you all in respect to your privacy.

1. We would like to thank you all for making TEN Happy-Hour on Jan 15th, 2009 another big hit.

2. Please check photos of all events.

3. We strongly encourage you to join TEN - Top Executives Net in order to continue communicating among yourselves. In addition, kindly register for TEN Rio de Janeiro group in order to make our life much easier for future invitations and reminders.

4. We are pleased to announce our partnership with Mentha for future TEN Happy-Hours. It will happen every 2nd tuesday of the month from now on. Please bring your friends (minimum 1 woman & 1 man) plus business cards along.

5. Next events posted on TEN Rio de Janeiro. Please register now!

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May you wish to know more about our expertise of Business Networks Management & Social Networks, please click on the recommended links of this blog.

Best regards,


Octavio Pitaluga Neto
TEN - Top Executives Net
CNO - Chief Networking Officer

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

TEN Happy-Hours Q1 2009















Based on successful experience we have seen before in Europe, we knew that TEN Happy-Hour should define regular:
  • Place: changing it confuses people.
  • Time: always from 7 to 11PM
  • Day of the week/month: in order to create a tradition. 2nd tuesday
We listened to our audience when they asked us to organize TEN Happy-Hours (photos & videos) in other venues in Rio. With great respect for all of them, we concluded that Mentha scored higher in all main points which are important to both organizers and attendees.

For this reason, we have already defined our schedule there for Q1 2009:
Rule of Thumb: Every 2nd tuesday of month during Q1 2009, TEN Happy-Hour at Mentha is the best choice for executives, entrepreneurs and liberal professionals to exchange their business cards, to share their back-grounds and to meet new and very interesting people.

Looking forward to welcoming you and your peers consistently.

Thanks in advance,


Octavio Pitaluga