The Young Advertising Professionals invite you to join them for the Third Career ADvice seminar of the year, "The Science of Networking" with Michael Strickland. Michael will take a look at: What's the best way to network? How do you overcome networking anxieties? What should/shouldn't you do when attending a networking event? What is the best way to continue making a connection after you leave a networking event?
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Baltimore
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Orlando
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Tokyo
Munich GR
Regina SK
San Juan PR
Panchin Chi
14. Negative Self Talk!
• I don’t want to look • My boss makes me
“salesy”
• I don’t like mingling
• It makes me look
desperate
• I am an introvert-shy
• It is a total waste of
time
• Networking is Difficult
15. The High Performance Belief!
• People Will Help • Life Long Learner:
• Great City to Do Sharpen My Saw
Business! • Mountains Are Never
• Abundance Not Easy to Climb
Scarcity • I deserve to be
• Focused Effort successful
• Work Hard
16. Networking: Strategy #1
First Of All
Relax!
The Right Mindset
Everybody else is thinking
the same thing!
Go to What
Interests
You
17. Networking : Strategy #2
Interrupt the Pattern
Avoid the
Obvious!
I am
financially
independent! Connecting
Others
19. Small Talk Openers!
• I am not sure if we • What does a client or
have met before. prospect look like for
• I know we have you?
crossed paths but ..
• So tell me about
• I would like you to
meet
• I see you are with
____ but what exactly
do you do?