Networking
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B is for… Body Language
What is body language? Put simply, body language is the unspoken element of communication that we unconsciously use to reveal our true feelings and emotions. This includes our gestures, facial expressions and posture.…
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A is for… Active Listening
What is active listening? Active Listening is an important soft skill to have in your networking toolkit. It can help you in both your professional and your personal life. In particular, it can…
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Quick Tip: Take Responsibility for Maintaining Your Relationships
As we settle into a routine of working from home and social distancing, it is important that you take responsibility for maintaining your relationships. You should consider working on all of your relationships.…
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How to: still make the most of an opportunity when a Networking Event gets Cancelled.
Due to government guidance and social distancing, key networking events are being cancelled. From Conferences and Trade Shows to small informal networking events. Some of these events are being completely cancelled, while others…
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Quick Tip: Take Virtual Coffee Breaks with your team
If you are not used to working from home / remote working (and even if you are) it is important to keep in touch with your colleagues, your team, your clients, your referrers…
- Attending Networking Events, Build Relationships, Business Development, Following Up, Networking, Your Networking Strategy
How to: Improve the Quality of your Networking
You should be measuring your network by the quality of your relationships and not the numbers. A quality-orientated networker, who focuses on developing relationships will have a high-quality network that they can tap…
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Quick Tip: Refresh your Elevator Pitch
You should refresh your Elevator Pitch on a regular basis (and have a different version of your Elevator Pitch for different situations). If you haven’t refreshed your Elevator Pitch for a while (or…
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Priority Contacts: The Pocket Notebook
As part of the Printed Portal Pocket Notebook Subscription, we released a new Priority Contacts Pocket Notebook last month. This is a handy pocket version of the Priority Contacts section of our networking…
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Quick Tip: Invite a Colleague for a Walk
Another alternative to grabbing a coffee or a sit-down lunch is to invite a co-worker to go for a walk with you. It can be a welcome break to sitting at your desk…
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Quick Tip: Networking as a Team? Have regular BD/Networking Calls or Meetings
If you are doing business development and networking as part of a wider team or where you are representing a company or team within a company it is important to have a joined-up…
