It’s not who you know, it’s what you do once you know them. Nix superficial networking and focus on engaging with others in mutually beneficial relationships to move your career forward. Whether you’re trying to move up in an organization or enhance your career by adopting additional responsibilities in different areas, real success is impossible without the collaboration and motivation these relationships give us.

1. Connections that Count:
Building Relationships for Career
Success
Alyssa Fox
Lavacon 2015 Keynote Description
@afox98

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Connections that Count
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of
success is knowing how to get along with people."
(Theodore Roosevelt)
It’s not who you know, it’s what you do once you know them. Nix
superficial networking and focus on engaging with others in
mutually beneficial relationships to move your career forward.
Whether you’re trying to move up in an organization or enhance
your career by adopting additional responsibilities in different
areas, real success is impossible without the collaboration and
motivation these relationships give us.

3. © 2015 NetIQ Corporation. All rights reserved.3
Connections that Count
In this session, attendees will learn:
• the top five qualities needed to build relationships that
contribute to successful career growth
• specific examples for how to learn and cultivate those
qualities
• the impact positive politics has on your relationships
and your career

4. © 2015 NetIQ Corporation. All rights reserved.4
Alyssa Fox
Alyssa Fox is Director of Information
Development and Program Management at
NetIQ Corporation in Houston, Texas. She
leads a global team of technical
communicators and drives cross-functional
alignment for product release in her
organization.
Alyssa is a member of Customer Experience
Professionals Association (CXPA), User
Experience Professionals Association (UXPA),
and Society for Technical Communication
(STC). Alyssa speaks at numerous
international conferences about various
management, agile, and technical
communication topics.
Find Alyssa on Twitter @afox98.