Your Networking Strategy
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Your Core Network
Your Core Network A core network is a central group of individuals or organisations that are connected to each other and play a key role in a larger network. For example, a core…
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Your Information Network
Create an Information Network You will have many different people in your personal network and they will serve different purposes. One of the types of network that you should build up is your…
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Your Support Network
You will have many people in your personal network and they will serve different purposes. One of the types of network that you should build up is your Support Network. Your Support Network…
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How to: Choose your Priority Contacts
With limited time in the day most people choose to focus and streamline their networking strategy so that they can easily fit it in alongside their other commitments. As well as choosing the…
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How to: Prepare for a Monthly Drinks Networking Event
Let’s start with a standard evening networking event. What preparation might you do? If it is a regular event you might do none. For example, I attend monthly networking drinks (on the months…
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Your 3 Step Model for Networking (and Communicating)
Networking and communicating while networking can be made easy by following this straightforward 3 step model. Step 1: Pre-Interation – Why, What and Want? Before interacting you will want to consider three easy…
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Quick Tip: Get to know the Gatekeepers
Take some time in your networking strategy to identify and get to know the “gatekeepers”. This will mean something different to everyone, but let’s use an example. If I am talking about networking…
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Quick Tip: Arrive at networking events early
Most people have an aversion to arriving early at an event, but arriving early at a networking event has benefits that make it worthwhile if you can make it early or exactly on…
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Your Networking Circle
How to use the Network Circle Worksheet A useful exercise that everyone should carry out on an annual basis is an analysis of their network, by identifying the circle of contacts around them.…
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Quick Tip: Do your Research!
Understanding your clients is essential. Networking can be a great way to research your clients. This might be by attending general networking events or seminars, by having a catch up with contacts over…
