Is your networking not working?

Are you going to lots of events, but not getting connections or results?

Are you tired of not knowing how to move a professional conversation forward?

Do you NEED to know how to build a professional network quickly?

Let us help.

Our PROMISE

We will show you how to create meaningful connections and outcomes in your professional encounters:

• How to turn the social and professional networking paradigm on its head

• Develop Conversational Techniques that will let you start, advance and find a satisfying finish to any conversation

• How to create conversations that make YOU the “go to” person in any social situation

• Command respect and develop relationships with influential people important to you

• Develop Stand Out techniques for meetings and follow up that will get responses

Does that sound interesting?

Join us for a special session where we explore the power and importance of networking and identify ways to build your professional connections while increasing your network and influence. This full day workshop reveals strategies to connect with people in person, build casual acquaintances into real connections, and leverage your knowledge and expertise to increase your sphere of influence. Learn ways to build both communication channels and community as you serve your network and make yourself available for new introductions and opportunities.

Areas covered in this session:

• The importance of relationships

• Understanding how networking enhances your business and career

• Getting out of your comfort zone

• How to be an effective social networker

• Understand the power of focus

• Power tools for good networking

• Making recurring connections

This is a professionally facilitated session. Our expert presenters:

Manfred Gollent is a Certified Business Coach (CBC), supporting clients to expand their potential, reach their goals more consistently, and lead more successful lives with less stress. In his executive coaching capacity Manfred works with individuals and groups. His focus is Leadership Development, Team Building, Influencing and Sales proficiency as well as the facilitation of Strategy Development. His clients range from individual entrepreneur and professionals to Fortune 500 executives.

Phil Yanov is a Technologist, Columnist and Public Radio Commentator. He is the founder of Tech After Five as well as the founder and President of the GSA Technology Council. He has been a columnist for Greenville Business Magazine and the Columbia Business Monthly. He also co-hosted the Your Day technology shows heard on NPR radio stations across South Carolina. He is a frequent contributor to technology stories appearing on radio and television and has been repeatedly named among Greenville's fifty most influential people.

What do these guys have in common?

They believe that building your professional network is the vital factor in the creation of connections and the development of mutually beneficial relationships. Connections are the starting point of relationships and are a powerful factor when it comes to your business success and your career.

Power Lunch Optional

Everyone who attends gets all of the materials we deliver in the session, plus free, included attendance to the next Tech After Five! (Try out your new skills!) Want to take that to a higher level? We've got a few seats to a power lunch with a special networking opportunity. With the power lunch ticket, lunch is included not just with the speakers, but a special guest as well. You'll get a chance to dig a bit deeper and try out some of your networking skills in a real life social setting.

This session is presented in cooperation with the GSA Technology Council, Tech After Five and QLI-International.