<p>Hello All</p> <p>This data set shows that NZ has fallen off the list of new people joining Ryze. That concerns me, not because Ryze itself is important, but because New Zealanders being from a small country are slow to understand this concept the Americans call "networking". So I hope here to alert you to that small problem and some of you might like to help change it. </p> <p>A friend of mine from Ryze: Scott Allen has co-authored a book called "The Virtual Handshake". This book explains in great detail both why people need to network and how to do it effectively. Recognising that NZ is a bit behind here, I set up a list on Yahoo a few days ago. <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VirtualHandshakeNZ/";>VirtualHandshakeNZ</a>. We have as a member already the most highly networked New Zealander Arnnei Speiser, (Yes he has a European background) and several people who are green as grass. My intention is to cover the 30 chapters of the book from a NZ perspective in the next 30 weeks. </p> <p>This table shows that the trend in new Ryze members is not reflecting the pattern of all Ryze Members that I found in Dec 2004. (Previous letter.) </p> <p>In particular Norway, Germany, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, and Ireland: all in the top 17 countries on Ryze in Dec 2005 were not represented in the new data at all. Something has changed? Probably; particularly noticable is the new market drive of LinkedIn and OpenBC is also very active. It's the certainly European countries that are not quite so active in joining Ryze right now.</p> <table> <tr><caption>Who's Joining Ryze by Country</caption></tr> <tr> <th>Joining <br>Ryze Rank</th> <th>%age <br>Joining Ryze</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Population</th> <th>No. Joined</th> <th>No. Joining<br>Per Million</th> <th>Pop. Rank</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">0.4036</td> <td>U.S.A</td> <td align="center">296</td> <td align="center">111</td> <td align="center">0.3750</td> <td align="center">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">0.3273</td> <td>India</td> <td align="center">1080</td> <td align="center">90</td> <td align="center">0.0833</td> <td align="center">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">0.0582</td> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td align="center">60</td> <td align="center">16</td> <td align="center">0.2667</td> <td align="center">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">0.0255</td> <td>Australia</td> <td align="center">20</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center">0.3500</td> <td align="center">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">0.0182</td> <td>Canada</td> <td align="center">32</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">0.1563</td> <td align="center">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">0.0145</td> <td>Philippines</td> <td align="center">88</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">0.0455</td> <td align="center">8</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center">0.0145</td> <td>Malaysia</td> <td align="center">24</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">0.1667</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center">0.0109</td> <td>France</td> <td align="center">60</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">0.0500</td> <td align="center">7</td> </tr> </table>
<p>There is a long list of other countries in the data. The numbers are too small to mean too much, but here's the list.</p> <p>Two New Members: U.A.E., Singapore, China. </p> <p>One New Member: Botswana, Hungry, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Slovenia.</p> <p>Regards <br> John</p> --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Replies will go to the CSForum. Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
