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Engage. Elevate. Empower: LEXI13 Women’s Leadership Summit
The document outlines strategies for effective networking and engagement on social media. Key suggestions include updating social profiles, engaging early, learning about others' ideas, making social plans ahead of time, and scheduling virtual connections afterward. The content appears to pertain to an event or initiative labeled '#lexi13'.
Engage. Elevate. Empower: LEXI13 Women’s Leadership Summit
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- 18. 1. Freshen UpYour Social Profiles 2. Find & ENGAGE as soon as possible 3. LEARN about & ELEVATE their ideas 4. MAKE social PLANS b4 U get there 5. SCHEDULE virtual connects POST #LEXI13 | @debra11 | debra@d11consulting.com
Editor's Notes
- #2 Today, my hearts desire is to share with you how my (and many of your) natural strengths of engaging, elevating and empowering those around me opened up oodles of possibilities for me in my career, as well as my friendship circle…
- #3 and, when it was my turn to take the leap of faith and start my own biz - my support structure (w 2 years of e3 action online) was stronger and more authentically engaged in my success.
- #4 I also want to share how, by doing a few things like updating my online bios, researching the top peeps in my industry, and creating opportunities to connect around already existing events (online and offline), it allowed me to introduce and connect my world, recognize the people making it happen, mentor those learning the ropes… and in the end created champion, lifetime connections. On the go or on my couch!!
- #5 Every one of us seeks to create experiences to remember (for our family, friends, colleagues… our world!) and
- #6 to be a positive impact on our world and relationships - speaking good word into one another...
- #7 We strive to surround ourselves and connect with people of wisdom and influence -
- #8 individuals we desire to learn from, count on or emulate as we navigate our professional careers and make life decisions. People who will remind us that WE define our success… not the world.
- #10 Well, I am here today to share how I found those people… and, in an accelerated time frame … was blessed to become one. All by harnessing Social Media and the Engage, Elevate, Empower mantra.Let me share this process… by walking us through a scene that MANY of us have experienced. THE BIZ CONFERENCE
- #11 Okay… back to the conference scene…Back in 2007 building a biz network was a different beast. Conferences were the main way we "met" new colleagues outside of our company. You would hear about an industry conference via an email or something would arrive on your post box. You would look it up on a static website... and decide to attend or not based on the speakers bios and topics... You likely purchase your ticket on the site, but you also had the option to "send a check in the mail"...You would book a hotel room from a suggested list (on the website) with their block rate... Pack and go!You would arrive, check in, freshen up and head down to a room of other 1000+ attendees. Lets be real they were Strangers.
- #12 The first night in town usually included a social hour to welcome you into town... YOU WOULD PEEK IN AND SEE THIS…. AND LEAVE.Likely grabbed a glass of wine, brought it to your room and crawled in bed with your conference agenda/paperwork with the intention to head back to your room and plot out your hit list of sessions to attend, and then went to bed early.
- #13 2009… I met Twitter.Twitter is all about finding people YOU DO NOT KNOW already… if you have enough friends, clients, passion seekers… and you always have oodles of friends who you attend every event with - then this is not the platform for you. Remember, you don't have to be an active TWEETER to tap into the power of the listening and search channel!
- #14 2013 20But first… are you on these platforms??Today we hear about conferences on Social Media platforms like FB, Twitter, and Linkedin. The websites are still packed with information about hotels, speakers, etc... But now there are also oooodles of social channels to connect on PRE-conference. Facebook pages are filled with juicy teasers and tons of information about the speakers (who we can research/follow right there!), tips on where to stay are robust and from local event advocates who also share their favorite places to eat and 'not to be missed" spots to tour in the conference city... Twitter handles and hashtags allow us to join in the conversations and find out who else is attending, where they are staying, and what the "plan" is for pre/post scheduled social events. If there are specific people you want to target and meet, you can do research on LinkedIn, fond out degrees of connection, and get an intro before you go! You never have to go to a conference alone. Ever. Again.
- #15 In fact, conferences (via this process) offer opportunities for more FOCUSED networking and intentional relationship building than ever before. You already know the basics about the peeps you are meeting, so you can dive into deep convos straight away....
- #16 Let me share a story.In 2009 I joined Twitter. I had NO IDEA what I was getting into or how that day would change the rest of my life. I tweeted. I followed. I learned organically about RT's and those crazy hashtags. Then in early 2010 I was introduced to an RE news website called Inman. Think 206 or 425 Mags for RE. I had heard they were coming to town for an event, so I sent a tweet to the handle asking if they needed assistance from someone local. They replied YES! We connected via email from there... I planned a local tweet up to meet the team and the speakers... and it was the spark that lit my career on fire. Locally, I had "influence"... As much as a prophet can have in her own town. :) I participated on their first "ambassador" program and (since then) have been a part of 16 events across the country.... Spoken to 1000's of agents and brokers, and created a fierce network of industry powerhouses.So now, before I attend ANY event, I do all of the above social activities. I also create experiences to meet 1-3 of my "target meets" at a time. Coffee chats. Happy hour. Late dinners. Bring people together who also don't know one another... Intro them online first too... Watch the conversations you have explode into fabulousness!!
- #17 Every successful personal or professional relationship can begin with YOU. It’s time to take our own power of influence to new heights. I encourage you to infuse your every day with relationship-building experiences and work on ways to elevate one another. Let's become one of the influencers we wish we knew creating the positive impact we seek... THIS might be just the spark needed to inspire a world filled with experiences we desire!
- #18 So... Those of you on the social platforms we talked about earlier...Did you do research on any of the speakers here today?Did you connect with anyone new before you arrived?Are you ready to tap into the e3 way of building relationships both IRL and via social media?Let’s review.
- #19 e3 Social Tips To Get You Started:Update your Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter profiles.Make sure they are filled out (and include fun tidbits about you) so that people can FIND YOU.BEFORE you attend your next event, make a point to find out the event social channels… start following the speakers and attendees… and start conversations on those channels. Share their posts on Facebook… RT them on Twitter… show them you are INTERESTED in their POV.Make plans to meet the first night and start the conference off with networking in an environment YOU decide with the people YOU want to be there.Come ready to share information with these new connections that brings value to the conversation… as well as peppering in the things you have in common - to show were listening.Make a plan to connect POST conference… not only on places like LinkedIn and Facebook, but schedule a G+ Hangout for 2-3 weeks after the event.