Event Information
Description
NETWORKING SESSIONS
(MAY 4 - 25, 2017 and June date TBD)
SEGAL COACHING - STAMFORD, CT
Demonstrate your value to your current and future connections
Get their attention and follow through once you have it
Take a more holistic (and rewarding) approach to networking
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Each session covers a different aspect of networking for career advancement, job search and business development. If you attend all five sessions, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to:
- overcome awkwardness, intimidation and anxiety by expanding your comfort zone,
- develop and present a compelling personal value proposition,
- plan and organize your overall strategy in light of your goals,
- build your network organically and purposefully,
- use informational interviewing for career direction and job search,
- create shortcuts and effective communication starters, and
- follow through, when and where needed, for best results.
WHY IT MATTERS
"Who you know, not what you know' has always been the ticket into the upper echelons. In today's world, the need to network has rippled out to every single one of us. From CEO to student, we all need a strong base of support, not only to advance our careers or businesses but also to maintain the advances we have made."
-Anne Marie Segal at Forbes.com (article forthcoming)
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Current clients, future clients and others are welcome.
To make sure we can all speak, be heard and enjoy ourselves, each networking session will have a maximum of eight (8) participants. (Short wait list available.)
SCHEDULE
Five sessions, at dates and times below, from April 25 through May 25, 2017.
LOCATION
Six Landmark Square, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
Off-street parking available at Bedford Shops (enter through Four Landmark Square) or Stamford Mall (enter Landmark complex from corridor left of Macy's).
COST
$35 per session or $150 for all five sessions
WHAT WE'LL COVER
I. Overcoming Your Networking Hurdles
Why is networking so hard? Can we make it less awkward?
For those who are *stuck* in their networking efforts
First Session - TO BE RESCHEDULED IN JUNE 2017
10:00-10:20 am arrival and networking, 10:30-11:30 am session
II. Developing Your Personal Value Proposition
Know and communicate your value.
Second Session - Thursday, May 4
10:00-10:20 am arrival and networking, 10:30-11:30 am session
III. Planning Your Networking Strategy
Create an organized (not overwhelming) approach.
Third Session - Tuesday, May 9
10:00-10:20 am arrival and networking, 10:30-11:30 am session
*please bring a laptop computer to this session
IV. Informational Interviewing
How they work, what to say and how to leverage them into job opportunities
*Recommended for Current Job Seekers - Includes Practice Interviews
Fourth Session - Tuesday, May 16
10:00-10:20 am arrival and networking, 10:30-11:30 am session
V. Fine Tuning Your Execution with Actionable Steps
How, when and how often do you reach out? What is your "ask?"
*please bring a laptop computer to this session
Fifth Session - Thursday, May 25
10:00-10:20 am arrival and networking, 10:30-11:30 am session
RECOMMENDED READING
J. Kelly Hoey, Build Your Dream Network
The networking chapter of Master the Interview (written by me), available here or as part of the full-length book here
For job seekers - Donald Asher, The Hidden Job Market
For participants in the value proposition session - chapters 5-8 of Master the Interview and/or the value proposition worksheets on my blog.
FAQs
What's the refund policy?
All fees are non-refundable but can be transferred to another session (if available) with notice given at least four business days prior to a session.
Segal Coaching reserves the right to discontinue and refund any participant who is not acting in a manner conducive to the group coaching environment.
What should I bring?
As this is a networking event, bring business cards if you have them. If you are a new participant, you should also bring either a valid ticket or ID.
If you have copies of any of the recommended reading, you may bring it with you as well, especially if you have questions about a point mentioned in the materials.
For the strategy and execution sessions, please also bring a laptop computer.
What are the directions and parking information?
Directions and parking information are here. Valet parking reimbursements are not available for this event, other than for current Segal Coaching clients.
Organizer Anne Marie Segal
Organizer of Actionable Networking for Career and Business
ANNE MARIE SEGAL, founder of Segal Coaching LLC, partners with board candidates, General Counsel and other senior and rising executives to expand their impact and advance their career and leadership trajectories. Supporting personal and professional evolution and career transitions, Anne Marie helps clients define and refine their overarching priorities, self-awareness, executive presence, communication skills, interview and networking strategies and personal branding. She is also sought out to reimagine and rewrite resumes, LinkedIn® profiles and professional bios to align with clients’ career goals, leadership narratives and personal value propositions.
As an executive coach and professional writer since 2015, Anne Marie leverages 15 years of experience as a practicing attorney, including as Deputy General Counsel to a private equity and hedge fund adviser with $6B+ AUM and Associate at a prominent global law firm, White & Case LLP. Her clients hail from all major industries, six continents and a range of employers, including Amazon, American Express, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil, Facebook, GE, IBM, Pfizer, Verizon, government agencies, numerous private equity firms and non-profit organizations.
Currently serving her second term as Facilitator of the Hispanic National Bar Association and HNBA Via Fund’s PODER25 General Counsel talent pipeline initiative, Anne Marie has conceived, planned and hosted panels, presentations and small group sessions totaling 40+ prominent speakers and has coached 60+ in-house counsel participants (including a range of senior executives and emerging leaders of Fortune 200 and other public and private companies) through the program. She has also presented to the United Nations (ICTY/MICT), American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, Illinois State Bar Association, National Resume Writers Association, University of Chicago and other corporate, non-profit, industry and university audiences.
Anne Marie has authored two career-related books, Master the Interview: A Guide for Working Professionals and Know Yourself, Grow Your Career: The Personal Value Proposition Workbook. She been quoted on CNBC.com, Monster, Above the Law and other media and, as a former member of Forbes Coaches Council, published on Forbes.com.
Holding a J.D. from New York University School of Law, an M.A. in Art History from The University of Chicago and a B.A. in Fine Arts from Loyola University of Chicago, Anne Marie is a Certified Career Management Coach, Certified Professional Resume Writer and Certified Yoga Instructor. She lives and works in Stamford, CT, USA.
