| business networking event ideas: Stand Out Networking Dorie Clark, 2015-06-09 Few professional activities are as nerve-wracking as networking. There’s the paralyzing prospect of entering a room full of strangers. The awkward introductions and stilted small talk. The concern that “networking” means you have to exploit others for personal gain – or might appear that way. It’s no wonder so many talented professionals eschew networking altogether. Unfortunately, that means they’re limiting their chances of making the kind of great personal and professional connections that can expand their worldview, enrich their lives, and – yes – even lead to new business opportunities. That’s why it’s time to reclaim networking. It doesn’t have to be the province of users and takers; instead, as Forbes and Harvard Business Review contributor Dorie Clark makes clear in this short and actionable guide, networking done right is nothing like the stereotype. It’s not about making shallow, insincere connections and filling your wallet with business cards. Instead, the real goal is to turn brief encounters into mutually-beneficial and lasting friendships—in both your personal and professional life. Drawing on wisdom from her own experience and from experts like psychologist Robert Cialdini, marketer Michael Katz, and authors Judy Robinett and Keith Ferrazzi, Clark provides valuable insight on how to be a good networker, including concrete tips on how to: - Turn initial small talk into meaningful exchanges - Unlock the power of social media as a networking tool - Transform casual online contacts into real-world connections - Make the most of conferences - Set a schedule for keeping in regular touch with your network - Repair and strengthen troubled relationships - Create your own events and become a connector Whether you’re an introvert or extrovert, and whether you currently relish or loathe making new connections, Clark will teach you the strategies you need to make networking fun, joyful, and enriching. |
| business networking event ideas: The Art of Gathering Priya Parker, 2020-04-14 Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read! --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them. |
| business networking event ideas: I'm at a Networking Event--Now What??? Sandy Jones-Kaminski, 2009-10 Through this resource, readers will learn how to make quality connections, cultivate relationships, expand their circle of influence through networking events, and create good social capital. It includes information on networking tools and technology that will promote new contacts and connections. |
| business networking event ideas: KNOCK-OUT NETWORKING! Michael Goldberg, 2011-04 Knock-Out Networking! is based on Michael Goldberg’s proven system for attracting more prospects, more referrals, and more business to the pipeline. These proven approaches have helped thousands of sales reps, sales managers, business owners, and job searchers change the way they develop relationships. And they will do the same for you! |
| business networking event ideas: Inclusion on Purpose Ruchika Tulshyan, 2024-03-26 How organizations can foster diversity, equity, and inclusion: taking action to address and prevent workplace bias while centering women of color. Few would disagree that inclusion is both the right thing to do and good for business. Then why are we so terrible at it? If we believe in the morality and the profitability of including people of diverse and underestimated backgrounds in the workplace, why don't we do it? Because, explains Ruchika Tulshyan in this eye-opening book, we don't realize that inclusion takes awareness, intention, and regular practice. Inclusion doesn't just happen; we have to work at it. Tulshyan presents inclusion best practices, showing how leaders and organizations can meaningfully promote inclusion and diversity. Tulshyan centers the workplace experience of women of color, who are subject to both gender and racial bias. It is at the intersection of gender and race, she shows, that we discover the kind of inclusion policies that benefit all. Tulshyan debunks the idea of the “level playing field” and explains how leaders and organizations can use their privilege for good by identifying and exposing bias, knowing that they typically have less to lose in speaking up than a woman of color does. She explains why “leaning in” doesn't work—and dismantling structural bias does; warns against hiring for “culture fit,” arguing for “culture add” instead; and emphasizes the importance of psychological safety in the workplace—you need to know that your organization has your back. With this important book, Tulshyan shows us how we can make progress toward inclusion and diversity—and we must start now. |
| business networking event ideas: New Business Networking Dave Delaney, 2013-05-20 Supercharge the way you build business relationships—online and off! Business success is all about connections, relationships, and networks! In New Business Networking, Dave Delaney shows how to combine proven offline business networking techniques with the newest social media—and make them both far more effective. Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience building great online and offline communities, Delaney offers easy step-by-step directions, plus examples from some of the world’s top relationship builders. You’ll discover little-known tips for reaching out more efficiently and more personally...great ways to meet your Twitter connections “in real life”...new ways to build your network before you need it, and make the most of it when you need it! • Identify, research, and actually reach your best potential connections • Create a personal landing page that builds relationships • Grow a thriving LinkedIn network you can count on for years to come • Use third-party services to supercharge the value of your Twitter feed • Encourage people to engage more deeply with you on Facebook • Make powerful new connections through Google+ and Google Hangouts • Use fast-growing networking tools like Instagram, Eventbrite, Rapportive, Evernote, Plancast, Meetup, Batchbook, Highrise, and Nimble • Organize in-person events that work—and find sponsors to pay for them • Listen and converse better, and remember more of what you hear • Avoid oversharing and other social media faux pas • Transform your business card into a powerful agent on your behalf • Nurture and deepen the relationships you’ve worked so hard to create |
| business networking event ideas: The Complete Guide to Professional Networking Simon Phillips, 2014-08-03 Networking is a skill that many people recognize as critically important, but which many find difficult, boring or fear-inducing - or even all three. Yet if you master the techniques that really work, networking can pay dividends. Effective networking means tapping into a team of like-minded business people willing to help each other achieve their goals. If you build, grow and nurture your business networks, you will become known for your expertise and will be better placed to win the new client, business or job when it really matters. You can network successfully in person or online and The Complete Guide to Professional Networking shows you how to use both together for the most powerful results.The techniques and suggested strategies in this book are backed up by video interviews with some of the world's most successful networking experts. |
| business networking event ideas: Networking for People Who Hate Networking Devora Zack, 2010-07-27 Shows how the networking-averse can succeed by working with the very traits that make them hate traditional networking Written by a proud introvert who is also an enthusiastic networker Includes field-tested tips and techniques for virtually any situation Are you the kind of person who would rather get a root canal than face a group of strangers? Does the phrase “working a room” make you want to retreat to yours? Does traditional networking advice seem like it’s in a foreign language? Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, feels your pain. She found that most networking advice books assume that to succeed you have to become an outgoing, extraverted person. Or at least learn how to fake it. Not at all. There is another way. This book shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking. They’re not shy or misanthropic. Rather, they tend to be reflective—they think before they talk. They focus intensely on a few things rather than broadly on a lot of things. And they need time alone to recharge. Because they’ve been told networking is all about small talk, big numbers and constant contact, they assume it’s not for them. But it is! Zack politely examines and then smashes to tiny fragments the “dusty old rules” of standard networking advice. She shows how the very traits that ordinarily make people networking-averse can be harnessed to forge an approach that is just as effective as more traditional approaches, if not better. And she applies it to all kinds of situations, not just formal networking events. After all, as she says, life is just one big networking opportunity—a notion readers can now embrace. Networking enables you to accomplish the things that are important to you. But you can’t adopt a style that goes against who you are—and you don’t have to. “I have never met a person who did not benefit tremendously from learning how to network—on his or her own terms”, Zack writes. “You do not succeed by denying your natural temperament; you succeed by working with your strengths.” |
| business networking event ideas: Customer Success Nick Mehta, Dan Steinman, Lincoln Murphy, 2016-02-29 Your business success is now forever linked to the success of your customers Customer Success is the groundbreaking guide to the exciting new model of customer management. Business relationships are fundamentally changing. In the world B.C. (Before Cloud), companies could focus totally on sales and marketing because customers were often 'stuck' after purchasing. Therefore, all of the 'post-sale' experience was a cost center in most companies. In the world A.B. (After Benioff), with granular per-year, per-month or per-use pricing models, cloud deployments and many competitive options, customers now have the power. As such, B2B vendors must deliver success for their clients to achieve success for their own businesses. Customer success teams are being created in companies to quarterback the customer lifecycle and drive adoption, renewals, up-sell and advocacy. The Customer Success philosophy is invading the boardroom and impacting the way CEOs think about their business. Today, Customer Success is the hottest B2B movement since the advent of the subscription business model, and this book is the one-of-a-kind guide that shows you how to make it work in your company. From the initial planning stages through execution, you'll have expert guidance to help you: Understand the context that led to the start of the Customer Success movement Build a Customer Success strategy proven by the most competitive companies in the world Implement an action plan for structuring the Customer Success organization, tiering your customers, and developing the right cross-functional playbooks Customers want products that help them achieve their own business outcomes. By enabling your customers to realize value in your products, you're protecting recurring revenue and creating a customer for life. Customer Success shows you how to kick start your customer-centric revolution, and make it stick for the long term. |
| business networking event ideas: Humor That Works Andrew Tarvin, 2012-11-13 The author presents a collection of ways to reap the proven human and corporate benefits of humor at work, organized by core business skill and founded on his own work as a business speaker and coach with the consulting company, Humor That Works. |
| business networking event ideas: Business Networking Catherine O'Sullivan, Terry O'Sullivan, 2021-10-31 The term ‘networking’ can mean very different things in different contexts: formal organisational structures, personal or career development, or a technique for increasing sales. This is an approachable book which brings together the basics of all these meanings, underpinned by an overview of multiple theoretical models that support the various approaches to networking. Drawing on mainstream models in the fields of marketing, employability, innovation and organisational studies, Business Networking provides an integrated overview of the process and structure of networking across a range of contexts. Synthesising theory with practice, features include examples and viewpoints from a range of networking practitioners in each chapter, presented in their own words, as well as chapter summaries and reflective questions. Networking is considered a key skill for students, entrepreneurs and practitioners and, given the explosion of opportunities brought by the digital age for individuals and organisations to operate within a broad and global network, an introduction to maximising the benefits is timely. This book should be recommended reading for a broad range of postgraduate courses, from relationship marketing and entrepreneurship skills to employability and degree apprenticeship programmes. It should also be useful for reflective practitioners looking to expand and utilise their networks effectively. |
| business networking event ideas: Payforward Networking Andrew Hennigan, 2015-09-24 Without an effective network it is much harder to get a job, find business, influence people and much more. Most people are aware of this, but are not so sure how to go about building, maintaining and using a network. Payforward Networking is for these people. Based on the networking workshops taught for many years by communication consultant Andrew Hennigan in business schools and companies, it presents a simple, methodical approach to networking that is both effective and easy to master. At the same time it is also built on ethical white hat methods that will not make you feel uncomfortable or manipulative. The book covers the basics of networking in real-life and online, the essentials of online reputation management, the impact of culture on networking, strategic networking and much more. |
| business networking event ideas: The 5-STAR Business Network Vivek Sood, 2014-11-04 Most effective business leaders know: * Why did Apple sue Samsung while it continues to buy critical parts for its winning products from Samsung? * Why did Google create Android OS for mobile applications, and is now talking about opening its own retail stores? * Why did Amazon create Kindle when the market is already saturated by other tablets and similar products? * How did Nokia mobile phone lose its shine? * Why did Apple build its own retail presence? * How will shale gas discoveries in North America change the business world and perhaps the geo-political balance in the next 10 years? Do you? Win big time by using the wisdom of your business networks to create, innovate, deliver and profit. Read this book to find out how. |
| business networking event ideas: The Long Game Dorie Clark, 2021-09-21 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives. We need to reorient ourselves to see the big picture so we can tap into the power of small changes that, made today, will have an enormous and disproportionate impact on our future success. We need to start playing The Long Game. As top business thinker and Duke University professor Dorie Clark explains, we all know intellectually that lasting success takes persistence and effort. And yet so much of the relentless pressure in our culture pushes us toward doing what's easy, what's guaranteed, or what looks glamorous in the moment. In The Long Game, she argues for a different path. It's about doing small things over time to achieve our goals—and being willing to keep at them, even when they seem pointless, boring, or hard. In The Long Game, Clark shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences. Everyone is allotted the same twenty-four hours—but with the right strategies, you can leverage those hours in more efficient and powerful ways than you ever imagined. It's never an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life and your career. |
| business networking event ideas: Make Your Contacts Count Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon, 2007-03-09 This book is a practical, step-by-step guide for creating, cultivating, and capitalizing on networking relationships and opportunities. Updated from its first edition, Make Your Contacts Count now includes expanded advice on building social capital at work and in job hunting, as well as new case studies, examples, checklists, and questionnaires. You will discover how to: draft a networking plan cultivate current contacts make the most of memberships effectively exchange business cards avoid the top ten networking turn-offs share anecdotes that convey character and competence transform your career with a networking makeover Job-seekers, career-changers, entrepreneurs, and others will find all the networking help they need to supercharge their careers and boost their bottom lines. Packed with valuable tools, Make Your Contacts Count offers a field-tested Hello to Goodbye system that takes you from entering a room, to making conversations flow, to following up. |
| business networking event ideas: Million Dollar Networking Andrea R. Nierenberg, 2004-11 This top corporate consultant focuses on what she knows best: building business through networking and developing a solid network of business relationships and lifelong customers. |
| business networking event ideas: FT Guide to Business Networking Heather Townsend, 2012-09-07 If you’re a busy professional, networking is the fastest and most effective way to build your business or career. Networking is a skill you can’t afford to be without. But what’s the best way to do it? The Financial Times Guide to Business Networking is your definitive introduction to a joined-up networking strategy that really works. Joined-up networking is the most effective way to win more business, climb the career ladder or set up and grow your own business. In this book, professional networker Heather Townsend guides you through everything you need to know to get the most out of both face-to-face and online networking. |
| business networking event ideas: 30 Entrepreneurial Ideas for Asia Georgina Tan, 2008 30 Entrepreneurial Ideas for Asia is a book that encapsulates the changing trends and faces of the Asia Pacific region, enabling the budding entrepreneur to have options in his or her road ahead.The book works at capturing the sounds and sights of the region, translating the opportunities into high potential small businesses with preferably good exit strategies. Ideas are kept nifty and business operations are tailored towards being profitable and self-sustaining in the shortest time possible. Other business growth concepts include constantly sanitizing the business value proposition, staying honest and taking extremely good care of the brand.These ideas are either inspired or an improvised version of existing businesses, tailored for both developed and developing cities across Asia, depending on the type of business. Though structured towards Asia, anyone can ride on this brainstorming and develop a love for entrepreneurship and think about your own life possibilities right here, right now!Readers will also get to read about entrepreneurial ideas such as the 10 eligible bachelors to 100 paying bachelorettes dating agency concept, an emerging markets specialist art gallery, branded Asian inspired fashion line and so forth. |
| business networking event ideas: The Entrepreneur's Playbook: 100 Business Ideas Sándor Varga, Are you ready to jump into entrepreneurship? Look no further than '100 Business Ideas' a comprehensive guide that is full of innovative and with practical concepts that will set you on fire entrepreneurial spirit. From innovative tech startups to traditional ones to service-based businesses, this is the book offers plenty of inspiration and guidance to succeed to build a business. Whether you're an experienced entrepreneur or just starting out getting started, this book is a valuable resource to help you turn your ideas into profitable businesses. Get ready to take your business to new high- take it to the top with 100 business ideas |
| business networking event ideas: She Means Business Carrie Green, 2017-02-21 Shortlisted for the Business Book Awards: Start-up Inspiration in 2018 Are you ready to turn your ideas into reality and build a wildly successful business? There has never been a better time to say yes! With a computer and an Internet connection you can get your ideas, messages, and business out there like never before and create so much success. In this book, Carrie Green shows you how. Carrie started her first online business at the age of 20—she knows what it’s like to be an ambitious and creative woman with big dreams and huge determination . . . but she also knows the challenges of starting and running a business, including the fears, overwhelm, confusion, and blocks that entrepreneurs face. Based on her personal, tried-and-tested experience, she offers valuable guidance and powerful exercises to help you: • Get clear on your business vision • Move past the fears and doubts that can get in the way • Understand your audience, so you can truly connect with them • Create your brand and build a tribe of raving fans, subscribers, and customers • Manage your time, maintain focus, and keep going in the right direction • Condition yourself for success . . . and so much more! If you’re a creative and ambitious female entrepreneur, or are contemplating the entrepreneurial path, this book will provide the honest, realistic, and practical tools you need to follow your heart and bring your vision to life. |
| business networking event ideas: Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz, 2014-06-05 An updated and expanded edition of the runaway bestseller Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi Proven advice on networking for success: over 400,000 copies sold. As Keith Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships - so that everyone wins. His form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity and he distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handling usually associated with 'networking'. In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps - and inner mindset - he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his Rolodex, people he has helped and who have helped him. He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Keith Ferrazzi is founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a marketing and sales consulting company. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Who's Got Your Back and has been a contributor to Inc., the Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Previously, he was CMO of Deloitte Consulting and at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and CEO of YaYa media. He lives in Los Angeles and New York. |
| business networking event ideas: The 29% Solution Ivan R. Misner, Michelle R. Donovan, 2008 A guide to improving networking skills provides a self-assessment test and fifty-two weeks of exercises that assist in all aspects of networking. |
| business networking event ideas: Business Networking For Dummies Stefan Thomas, 2014-07-08 Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Networking is a crucial skill for all professionals and business owners. Quite simply, it’s a fast and effective way to build your business or career - and excellent networking skills will set you apart from the competition. Business Networking For Dummies shows you how to get the most out of networking - both online and offline. With Business Networking For Dummies, you’ll learn to: Use business networking to grow and develop your business Find the right platform or platforms to build your own network and ‘assemble your crowd’ Pitch yourself and your business with confidence Get the most out of face-to-face networking events - including valuable tips on presentation skills and sound bites! Join up your ‘real life’ and online networking Measure your networking success Follow up with new contacts successfully “This is a cornerstone book for anyone involved in running a smaller business and wishing to deploy networking as an enquiry source. It is clear, concise and provides a complete education for succeeding in, what is for some, a difficult environment. Ben Kench, Leading UK sales trainer and business growth specialist I’ve read this entire book from start to finish and so should you because, when you know what you’re doing, business networking does work, and by following the blueprint that Stef has set down for you: first you’ll learn, then you’ll earn.” Brad Burton, Managing Director, 4Networking Ltd. |
| business networking event ideas: Ask a Manager Alison Green, 2018-05-01 From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together |
| business networking event ideas: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition Marcia Ballinger, Nathan A. Perez, 2012-08-01 Lauded by Fortune 500 and international business leaders around the world, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting is a carefully constructed job-search model designed to break into the Invisible Job Market, where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that over 70% of all jobs are obtained.Using the best elements of networkers from a wide array of businesses and industries, and combined with 40 years of the authors' professional networking experience from a hiring perspective, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting takes the 5 most important parts of networking meeting and culminates in an efficient, concise and highly productive networking model.Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting shares the wisdom of senior executives who have been in transition (looking for work), and the perspectives of those who are most asked to network. Constructed to simplify and clarify networking for job-search, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting also contains fully written networking scenarios that show the entire 20MNM model in action, ending with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation.Founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting has found great success in the hands of executives, career coaches, outplacement firms, college graduates, and sales professionals around the globe. |
| business networking event ideas: Entrepreneurship and Innovations in E-Business: An Integrative Perspective Zhao, Fang, 2006-01-31 The book presents a comprehensive introduction of the concepts and practices of e-entrepreneurship and e-innovation--Provided by publisher. |
| business networking event ideas: Events Management Charles Bladen, James Kennell, Emma Abson, Nick Wilde, 2012-06-12 Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry. The book covers every type of event studied on an Events Management course, including sports, music, the arts, corporate events, tourism, and the public and voluntary sectors. It introduces the key issues facing the contemporary events industry, from health, safety and risk management to sustainability to developing a market-oriented business, with every topic brought to life through case-studies, personal biographies and examples of best practice. Written by a team of authors with many years of industry experience, it introduces the practical skills required in every core area of events management, including marketing, finance, project management, strategy, operations, event design and human resources. A companion website for the book includes a dazzling array of additional features, including self-test questions, audio interviews with key industry figures, additional case-studies and PowerPoint slides for each chapter. Events Management: An Introduction is the essential course text for any events management program. |
| business networking event ideas: Networking on Purpose Beth Bridges, 2013-09 Imagine the Power of a Deliberate and Intentional Networking Strategy... What would it do for your business? Whether you're new to networking and want to start out strong or you've got experience and want to refine your skills, it's time to start Networking on Purpose Now. You'll discover *the Five-Part Networking Success Plan(tm) which gives you confidence in any situation. *where to go so that you are guaranteed to meet influential new people every time you network. *why small talk is one of your best tools...and the elevator pitch isn't. *what one thing you must do to be in the top 10% of all networkers. *how to become so valuable to other people that the sales practically make themselves. Beth Bridges is the Networking Motivator (tm) and developer of the Five-Part Networking Success Plan(tm). In the last ten years she has attended over 2,300 networking events. She is recognized as one of the industry's top networkers by Chamber executives across North America and has given hundreds of presentations to entrepreneurs, associations and business people looking to strategically grow their networking skills. |
| business networking event ideas: Entrepreneurship Heidi M. Neck, Christopher P. Neck, Emma L. Murray, 2023-11-27 Recipient of a 2021 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset emphasizes practice and learning through action, helping students adopt an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, the updated Third Edition aids in the development of the entrepreneurial skillset and toolset that can be applied to startups as well as organizations of all kinds. Whether your students have backgrounds in business, liberal arts, engineering, or the sciences, this text will take them on a transformative journey and teach them crucial life skills. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your Sage representative to request a demo. Learning Platform / Courseware Sage Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It′s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Learn more. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in Sage Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more. |
| business networking event ideas: Drawdown Paul Hawken, 2017-04-18 • New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world. |
| business networking event ideas: What to Do When You're New Keith Rollag, 2015-09-30 Blending stories and insights with simple techniques and exercises, this invaluable guide for the introvert will get you out of your comfort zone and trying new things in no time. Whether you’re changing jobs, joining a group, or moving to a new city, putting yourself out there in new situations is no picnic. Being forced to introduce yourself, having to ask questions among strangers, learning expectations of those around you--it’s not fun for anyone! However, when we let our worries stop us from getting familiar with our surroundings and learning the dos and don’ts of our new environment, we seriously hinder our progress, joy, and the opportunities that await us. In What to Do When You're New, you can discover the necessary skills to learn how to: Overcome fears Make great first impressions Talk to strangers with ease Get up to speed quickly Connect with people wherever you go This book combines the author's research and firsthand experience from having to adjust to a job transfer to Japan with that of leading scientists to explain why we are so uneasy in new situations--and how we can learn to become more confident and successful newcomers. |
| business networking event ideas: STEP-BY-STEP RESUMES For All Human Resources Entry-Level to Executive Positions Evelyn U Salvador, NCRW, JCTC, 2020-05-15 Book Delisted |
| business networking event ideas: The Art of Professional Connections Gloria Petersen, 2011 The Art of Professional Connections is a four-part series. The first book of the series, Seven Steps to Impressive Greetings and Confident Interactions, serves as a foundation for all four books. These are skill sets that go with you everywhere from an interview or client meeting to negotiations. You will refer back to this book often for hints or reminders about those ''what to do when ...'' networking situations or for constructive insights to evaluate your own communication and networking skills. About the Author Gloria Petersen is president and founder of Global Protocol, Inc., a premier resource for developing a dynamic business culture. Gloria energizes audiences with her down-to-earth style and inspires them to take control of their careers and to serve as role models for others. Her customized programs have a twenty-five-year proven track record for teaching individuals how to develop the social intelligence necessary to inspire, lead, and succeed. Credentialed as a certified protocol professional and a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington and the Professional Image Institute, her accomplishments include directing and hosting her own FOX network television show, Image of Success, serving as an etiquette judge on The Learning Channel, and authoring articles for numerous publications. She keeps current by conducting surveys, attending frequent symposiums, and monitoring the business climate for emerging issues. Additional information about Gloria Petersen can be found at: GlobalBusinessProtocol.com GloriaPetersen.com What are people saying? Gloria proves herself a competent expert and capable author with this book. Gloria shines a light on networking as a career management tool for the professional worker and takes the guesswork out of networking -- empowering us to take the brave steps to get in the game Christine Vicari, Founder-President, Southwest Job Network (SJN), www.southwestjobnet.org I hate networking, but even I've become quite proficient following Gloria's sage advice. Success Strategies helps from the handshake to the hors d'oeuvres, and the cocktail to the commentary. Alan Weiss, PhD, Author, Million Dollar Consulting and The Consulting Bible |
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| business networking event ideas: The Start-Up Guide Emma Jones, 2014-03-28 The Start-Up Guide is THE indispensable book for anyone looking to set up their own small business. It's a process everyone has dreamed of, but it can often be shrouded in the mist of spreadsheets and red tape (not to mention Dragon smoke). The real process is simple and fun - in fact it can be the most exciting thing you'll ever do - if you know how. And with the digital world at your fingertips, it's never been quicker - nor has growth and global reach ever been more possible. Emma Jones has founded several successful small businesses, and in The Start-Up Guide takes you through every step of getting your own enterprise going with a bang. Find out: - How to come up with and refine your ideas for a small business - What the existing market and competitors mean for your enterprise - How to put together a solid business plan and get your company officially set up - The best methods for generating sales and effective publicity - How to make sure you grow your small business for the long term This book is full of the best possible advice: insights and ideas that work, including case studies from people who've already started their own successful small businesses. Join the start-up revolution today! |
| business networking event ideas: Start a Business in California The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, 2015-08-01 This state-specific title in Entrepreneur's evergreen SmartStart series shows the reader how to start a business in California. The staff of Entrepreneur Media presents essential guidance to aspiring business owners including state-specific rules, regulations, contacts, and statistics. Includes updated forms, worksheets, and tax information. |
| business networking event ideas: Ideas Matt Schoenherr, 2010-09-30 The purpose of this book is to help business owners and non-profits-from the one-person show to the marketing department of the large corporations-with the magic of marketing: the creative ideas. Ideas was built to collect the wealth of creative solutions others have used successfully and offer them as an alternative to paying large amounts of money to professional marketing firms. Certainly, face-to-face, professional expertise can't be totally replaced, but it is my intent to place creativity and proven ideas into your hands at a reasonable cost. Ideas offers you a beginning-a starting point. It will not do the marketing for you, but it will help you build your game plan. Within this book, you will find real solutions to the marketing mystery. Some are simple, while others are more complex. Some ideas you can implement for free, while others will cost. Regardless of which ideas you use, remember that all of them merit consideration. |
| business networking event ideas: Start Manage Grow S. J. Ragunathan, 2021-09-17 Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” - Albert Schweitzer Start. Manage. Grow. This is a book that helps entrepreneurs understand the basic tenets of starting their business and managing the same. The book explains all the primary steps that go into starting a business, managing it, and how to grow and sustain it in the ever-growing, competitive market. From understanding the requirements of starting a new business, including writing the pitch, to recruiting the right resources and collaborating with stakeholders, the book details out important aspects in a succinct manner. |
| business networking event ideas: The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success Reid F. Trautz, 2009 Busy lawyers do not have dozens of extra hours to conduct research looking for new tips and ideas to streamline and enhance their practice of law. They need just-in-time learning to acquire the knowledge necessary to build their practices. This convenient pocket guide is the best ever collection of practical tips, ideas, and techniques to help you survive, thrive, and find success in the practice of law. |
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