What Networking Is and Isn’t

duraton: 3-hour virtual workshop

Are you like most people, and dread the traditional notion of networking? I’m talking about those awkward and stilted conversations with strangers, swapping business cards in what feels like a cringe-worthy, un-natural,forced and sometimes pretentious social interaction?

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

identify strategies for building networks and connections, even if they hate ‘networking’;
Move beyond just swapping business cards and make valuable professional and personal network connections;
explore ways to identify and develop your network with a different mindset about making connections with people; and
identify the barriers to your networking and how to overcome them.

YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT …

Challenging traditional approaches to developing network connections.
Sharing your skills, knowledge and services with existing and new connections.
Maintaining and growing professional and business relationships, confidently.
Establishing rapport,building mutual trust and confidence in your networks.
Adopting a personal and natural communication style.
Asking for advice, rather than ‘help’, from people in your network.
Presenting in a professional and appropriate manner.
Creating a personal plan to continue developing your networking skills.

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who sHOULD participate?

Anyone wanting to feel more comfortable about building their professional networks.
Professional associations wanting to encourage more networking activity from their membership base.
Workplace project groups, teams and organisational groups whose results rely heavily on building networks and relationships.

WHY THIS WORKSHOP?

To explore contemporary approaches to professional networking.
To begin mastering your craft in building more network connections
To identify how to connect with valuable professional people at a deeper than self-servicing level.