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Guy Kawasaki's blog has a great post about "The Art of Schmoozing" " Understand the goal. Darcy Rezac in his book, The Frog and the Prince, wrote the world's best definition of schmoozing: “Discovering what you can do for someone else.” Herein lies eighty percent of the battle: great schmoozers want to know what they can do for you, not what the you can do for them. If you understand this, the rest is just mechanics." I consider myself a fairly good schmoozer. As I read his 9 characteristics, I also thought how they can help us shareing our faith, fundraising, poliital action, community organizaing... Are you a good schmoozer? The other eight are: Get out. Schmoozing is an analog, contact sport. You can't do it alone from your office on the phone or via a computer. You may hate them but force yourself to go to tradeshows, conventions, and seminars. It's unlikely that you'll be closing a big order with someone you met online at MySpace or via S...