Networking: Tips from an expert
Date: 8 March 2012Time: 5:30 PM
Finishes: 8 March 2012Time: 6:30 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: Khalili Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Workshop
Series: Careers Insight
Ardell Fleeson, whom the Washington Post calls “the business matchmaker with the golden rolodex,” returns to SOAS via Skype to speak to students about the American business practice of networking. Whether you are working on a project on a global scale, doing international development work, or raising funds for your humanitarian mission, you are very likely to meet many Americans in the course of your career. This Skype presentation will help you understand Americans and how they are wired, particularly in developing a relationship that begins at the ubiquitous business networking function.
This will include:
- Eye Contact, Handshakes, Business Cards
- How to Identify and Isolate Your Target
- Breaking into Conversation Clusters
- Extracting Yourself from an Abysmal Conversation
- Follow-Up, Follow-Up, Follow-Up
- The Rules of Food and Drink
- Three-Tiered Introduction – The Elevator Pitch is OUT!
- Five Killer Questions
- The Fear of “Selling Yourself”
- The Root Question to All Networking
Please attend this very interactive workshop. You will come away with new career launch concepts as you approach the global landscape. The world is a big place and there are a lot of Americans in it!
No need to sign up - just come along on the day.
