Effective Networking
Networking is where you mingle with the world.
It can be fun. It can be your worst nightmare.
It’s an art that has to be learned and cultivated. Doing it effectively requires challenging your limitations and re-thinking the way you interact with people.
Strategies of networking include:
- Presenting yourself with confidence
- Pre-network plan
- How and when to make an entrance
- Your name tag – worn left, right or in the middle
- Strategies for working the room
- How to talk to people
- Open and closed questions
- Can you start a conversation?
- When to circulate
- Business card exchange techniques
- We all need escape lines