Do you only have a bunch of selfies on Instagram to show for your team’s time attending a conference? Here are some things I’ve learned about how to make the most of attending conferences.
networking tips
Are your staff truly engaging at your hosted networking events?
What message are your staff sending when they fade into the background, instead of truly engaging at your company events? Are you leveraging your position as event host?
Making a strong first impression: 3 common questions
Some of the questions I was asked in a recent webinar for the Association of Financial Advisers’ Inspire series centred around creating a strong first impression in meetings, online and in networking.
VIDEO: 10 ideas for greater leverage and impact in networking
My live Q&A Chat in April 2021 was on ’10 ideas for greater leverage BEFORE, DURING and AFTER networking’.
I shared my top 10 tips for impact in networking in person and online. We then had time to network and discuss implementation points.
Opening with a good quality starter question
When meeting a new contact over coffee, I dislike the question, ‘Tell me about your work.’ If you want to open a great conversation with a new contact, there are better ways to ask about their work.
So the reason I asked you to coffee is… Structuring impactful first meetings
Yes, there is the joy of connecting and the spirit of sharing and helping… but the bottom line is, we are exploring ways to do business. Have you come across these 3 challenges in coffee conversations?
Are you missing this important principle in your LinkedIn strategy?
There is a really important component that will elevate your LinkedIn strategy from achieving a little bit of noise… to zeroing in and achieving your specific goals. Yet most people miss the point entirely.