If You Aren’t Appearing You’re Disappearing
This session speaks to the importance of internal networking and increasing your presence or visibility in your workplace to improve your chance for career longevity, build better relationships with colleagues and increase your happiness ratio. Identify strategies to increase your visibility and learn techniques that will improve your internal networking capability.

Every social gathering or business event provides a unique opportunity for you to achieve your networking goal. The manner in which you engage people can speak volumes about what the outcome may be. Be on top of your game by following a few simple rules that go a long way to enhancing your professional image. For starters:

Find out what side to wear your name badge on. When does one exchange business cards. Who gets introduced to who. What if I forget their name. How long should I speak to any one person. Eating what, how. Disengaging from a conversation.

75-80% of all opportunities that come our way in life are found through networking. Find out the truth about networking and how to make networking a daily part of your job - it's not just who you know, but who knows you! Recognize and overcome barriers and fears that prevent you from networking effectively. Identify specific tactics that will raise the company's visibility thereby increasing sales - if you aren't appearing, you are disappearing! Learn how to network with style and break the ice at business and social functions.

Imagine you have rows of participants sitting knee to knee across from one another. At the 1-2-3 GO signal everyone in Row A has 2 minutes to tell their buddy in Row B all about themself (guidelines provided). 2 minutes later a bell rings and Row B spends 2 minutes telling Row A all about themself. The final 2 minutes are spent filling out a form and sharing contact and resource information. People that used to hate networking and those who love it are energized and having a blast. Get your conference or professional development day off to a roaring start, or introduce an evening cocktail party with Speed Networking and Business Etiquette Tips at Social Functions.