Networking Training
 Networking is a powerful and cost effective way to drive your career forward, market, gain information and promote your expertise. To be an effective networker you need be confident, outward looking and invest your time and energy into the right relationships.
Many people thing that networking is all about turning up at a function, handing out a few cards and hoping someone will call. Networking should be systematic, strategic and personalised to what you are trying to achieve. Most importantly, networking is about cultivating a mutually beneficial professional relationship over time.
Drawing on the thousands of networking hours of our members Schmooze offers several ways for anyone to improve their networking confidence, skills and effectiveness.
Whether you want to boost your confidence at events, or want to make sure that you are getting a result from all the events and function you attend, the training provides key take home skills and insights you can use right away.
TRAINING options
We offer training and personal development in four ways- the workshops can be conducted off site-, or at your premises:
- Networking Mentoring: Personalised training and mentoring over several weeks one on one that is aimed at boosting specific skills and learning outcomes. POA
- Networking 101: a half day workshop covering the essentials of networking- perfect for those wanting to boost their confidence, just starting out or want to ensure they are effective and systematic in their networking. The workshop covers all the fundamentals of networking and how to conduct yourself at events and includes role play. Participants also receive three months Schmooze membership. $375 per person incl GST.
- Networking for Organisations: The outcomes of this full-day workshop are a comprehensive networking program and strategy that mobilises your team, whether for a particular campaign or for business as usual activity, and to ensure that the investment in networking is targeted and rewarding. POA
- The Art of Networking Workshop: Prerequisite- must have completed Networking 101. This full day workshop brings in experts in presentation, personal branding and other skills to turn you into a Master Networker in a small group and in a very personalised setting. The outcomes of the day will include a comprehensive networking strategy, insights into your networking personality, personal brand/presentation and absolute confidence in your networking. The workshop also includes two hours follow-up mentoring. POA.
Contact
To express your interest in these training options please contact Phillip Jones.
SAMPLE Learning Outcomes
All of the above training provides essential insights and the take-home skills for each participant. Some of the outcomes covered are:
- Confident introductions (and exits) and how to ensure you make a strong first impression
- Follow-up strategics and tactics
- Designing a networking strategy and alinging that to your business and communication goals
- Evaluating the value of a contact or a networking opportunity
- The use of email, the web and other technology to network and research
- Business etiquette
- Confident client and marketing calls
- Mobilising all the team to network and effectively communicate
- Perfecting your introduction
- How to target the right people at the right time and place
- Working with collaborators
- Dealing with personality and cultural differences
- Networking as communication channel
- Engaging networks to communicate for you
- Cultivating champions
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