These two pictures are me dancing at my employer’s (The Pythian Group) 2009 Christmas party.

I love dancing to techno (or disco)! But I’m also an introvert, and as this article suggests, I tend to get more of my energy from spending alone or in small crowds.

So if there’s any introvert techno lovers out there in Ottawa, contact me, and lets go to a night club early when there’s very little people. When the crowd gets bigger, we can chat around a beer and plot to take over the world!

Introverts unite!

PS: Here are my and the most popular saved bookmarks on delicious on introvertness.

Dancing to techno / disco at company Christmas 2009 party

To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

- Oran Arnold

I’m really glad I found this article on having an introvert personality and dealing with a society that places emphasis on extrovertness:

Alicia describes her friendships with both introverts and extroverts this way: “In my neighborhood, we introverts seem to have symbiotically paired up with complete extroverts. The extroverts hang out together at one house, while we introverts share companionable silence at another,” she says. “We’ve labeled this time of writing, painting, and so on as ‘Social Introversion.’ Our partners think it’s less bizarre because we’re “hanging out with friends.” If only they knew we barely speak to each other when we’re together!”
– http://behavioural-psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/dealing_with_introvert_guilt

So, fellow introverts, want to get together to do something where we don’t have to talk?

I’m wondering if I can use LinkedIn to increase membership renewals by a notch. I’d like to e-mail two or more local members that share a connection, but I’d probably be violating privacy rules by revealing to both those members that they are members. But if they were both members (either in the past year or years ago) how could they be offended that that information be revealed to another member they share a linkedin connection with?

If both connections have Fair Vote membership, I feel asking the closer connection of the two: “Oh, btw, could you ask X to renew her membership” is ok, especially if I know the closer linkedin connection very well . The latter becomes a volunteer who’s been given privileged but very limited information.

But I don’t think that’s as effective as “Hey, you both have expired memberships. So who’s going to renew first?” It might get a conversation going between two supporters who would otherwise not know they were members!

In both cases however, I’ve revealed to one or both members another persons membership, and I’m not sure that’s right. But again, how could they be offended that that information be revealed to another member they share a linkedin connection with?

Thoughts?