Miss Pivot

All Those Little Words: Do They Count?

Amanda — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:16:59 +0000

More than half of communication is nonverbal. Unless this is your first visit to Miss Pivot, you’re not surprised. Body language plays a huge role in our interactions with others. You can figure out when someone is attracted to you, when someone is checked out of the conversation, and when someone would rather be talking [...]

New Indianapolis Singles Events Listed Tomorrow!

emmonskr — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:11:05 +0000

We’re excited to be on Mindy’s Mixers tomorrow!. We’re also going to be announcing some singles dating events and small workgroup sessions for single people to get dating tips. We’re giving a special discount to those that listen so tune in tomorrow!

Where the Boys Are: DC Edition

Amanda — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:43:56 +0000

Thanks to public school vacation time, I spent last week in Washington, DC with some friends from college. From my first night there right through unpacking my suitcase back home, they made the case for moving to DC. These are some amazing friends, and I will admit that I’m tempted. One of the more compelling [...]

Good Touch, Bad Touch: Breaking the Touch Barrier

Amanda — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:40:04 +0000

Have you ever found yourself not knowing someone’s name? Someone whose name you should know, so you feel silly asking? So you don’t ask. You slide by on talking to them when they look at you, coming up with generic nicknames, and eavesdropping in the hope of catching their name. The longer you wait to [...]

Is this Considered Stalking?

emmonskr — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:33:50 +0000

So when this app, Girls Around Me, first came out my immediate thought was, “wow, they’re going to get pegged as a stalker tool”. Girls Around Me is an app that queries social networks to determine gender and location. The result, you can see information about women near your location. It doesn’t seem too far [...]

Taking a client out for a night of coaching! Miss Pivot TV Episode 7

emmonskr — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:12:45 +0000

We had a great time filming season 1 of Miss Pivot TV. We’d like to continue to share some of those experiences. The other week we took our client out for some shopping and fashion advice. This week, we’re hitting the bar and seeing what works well and doesn’t work well for him. How will [...]

Holding Her Attention: Now What?

Amanda — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:31:16 +0000

Over the course of my St. Patrick’s Day, I made a lot of new friends. I cheered on a bagpiper wearing a kilt, carded a German man because his name sounded like something you make up, and attempted to push over a firefighter because his friend told me it couldn’t be done. (He was correct, [...]

May I Cut In?: Avoiding the Dreaded Third Wheel

Amanda — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:13:43 +0000

Sitting at my favorite centrally-located, middle of the bar table with my friends, two of us were facing the bar itself. Despite the conversations going on around us, we were totally engrossed in what was going on over there. A woman and two men were sitting on stools, and it was a train wreck. The [...]

Pretending to work and getting away with it: Miss Pivot at South by Southwest

emmonskr — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:50 +0000

Last year we went to South by Southwest and had a blast meeting people and networking. It was a nice vacation but it felt like we had an opportunity to do something bigger. While we were present last time, this year we’re making noise! We can’t wait to sponsor the first Stop Awkward Dating event [...]

Reading Female Body Language (a How-To)

josh — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:00:27 +0000

These Feet Were Made For Talking Guys can be thick-headed. Women already know this, but let’s be abundantly clear: men are very visual by nature, but they have a difficult time processing certain cues from the opposite sex. Whether it registers cognitively, the very first thing that people recognize about each other is body language. [...]