My Networking LifeOr How to avoid Mean Girls

My name is Jane

I am 42 years old

I’m not a big fan of organised groups

EK 14th Brownie Pack

Elocution & Mime class

Shamrock School of

Irish DancingChurch

Chartered Institute of Marketing

Chartered Institute of

Public Relations

Adele Balfour School of Dance

Third Lanark Ladies FC

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A small selection of clubs I’ve left in the past

I don’t like being one of the crowd

In fact, I don’t really like large crowds

…unless I’m standing in

front of them

I am a show-off

I am (sometimes) an introvert

I don’t love‘networking events’

So what am I doing here?

I told you …

I am a show-off

AND

I REALLY enjoy getting to know new people, exploring

shared interests and making meaningful and personal connections

I have a wide range of colleagues, friends,

business contacts and assorted eccentrics who I can rely on for support,

advice and guidance

We are a living, breathing, diverse, multi-

talented, sometimes flawed, motivated,

interconnected group of people

We are a network

Each of us are members of other networks

It looks a bit like this

This is why I’m here today

My Networking ABC

Advance preparationBusiness purpose

Contact afterwards

The networking bees

Be selectiveBe open mindedBe interestedBe interestingBe purposeful

Be generousBe yourself

Keep your network alive

That’s quite enoughabout me

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