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Confident Networking: Don’t be a Captive to the Room – Conquer it!
Let’s get down to brass tacks here. I’m no lifelong extrovert who’s anxiously waiting for the next opportunity to be in a crowd full of strangers. I like the idea of networking with a room full of people I don’t know just about as much as a cat likes to be in a bathtub full of water. Read more... |
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Survival of the Fittest: Conquer the Room Tip #1
Getting ready for a networking event goes beyond planning our outfit, coordinating our schedule or looking for the closest exit. What can you do so that the event itself is friendlier, more comfortable to you or simply not so overwhelming? Prepare yourself by doing the research and giving yourself some time to plan. Read more... |
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Focus Pocus:
Conquer Networking Tip #2 Being present means we bring our whole self into the moment. When we do, we cannot worry about the past (what happened that day) or what’s going to happen in the future (that power point we have to do or email we need to respond to). We can be open to absorbing the moment. There are three ways to be present: bring your character, curiosity, and concentration. Read more... |
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What are You Dressing Up as?
Conquer Networking Tip #3 When we go into the workplace, we tend to put on the costume of someone we think we need to be instead of being comfortable in the street clothes of our authenticity. We worry about what people will think of us. It’s important. Perception impacts our reviews, our promotions and even our pay. This doesn’t just happen in the conference room; it also happens in the corporate dining room. Read more... |
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How to be Like Dorothy:
Conquer Networking Tip #4 Imagine that you have been in the networking room, making great use of tips 1-3 and you’ve been at it long enough to start seeing the crowd dissipate. You've had great conversations. You've really mixed it up. Yay you! You're accomplishing your success criteria, and so now what? Let’s take a page out of Dorothy’s “How to Get Ahead” manual. Read more... |
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Have trouble entering a conversation or moving on to the next one?
Do you sometimes wonder what to say? Take a peek at this cheat sheet with some great ideas on how you can move more comfortably from one conversation to the next at your next networking event. |
