A "newbie" becomes a great networker ...and teaches a lesson to the rest of us.
I have the great honor of serving as a graduate assistant in a current Certified Networker(tm) course. (If you want to know how this course helped me make my business so much more successful and what it can do for your business, please let me know).
The group is small which allows every member of the class to get so much individual attention and assistance.
One student, Lisa Litalien, who is Manager of Corporate Travel for Central Travel, "got it" very soon in the process. After only a few classes (out of a 12-week course), Lisa attended a networking meeting of the Women's Entrepreneurial Network or WEN (a Toledo-area organization for women in business and women-friendly businesses - ask me about this, too).
Dave Bodner, a friend and fellow networker, told the group at our table the name of a person he wanted to meet to possibly do business with (let's call him "Mr. Y). Getting a personal introduction to a person you want to meet is the best way to begin to build a relationship with that person.
No one at our table knew the person he wanted to meet but we all wrote down the guy's name. But Lisa did much more than that. For the next day or two, she asked everyone she came in contact with if they knew "Mr. Y." Lo and behold, she found someone! She then arranged a meeting with Dave and Mr. Y - I don't know what will happen, but this networker sure learned a lesson that day. Lisa doesn't seem like so much of a newbie anymore, does she?
What's your best example of when you have been able to make a great connection happen between two other people?
I have the great honor of serving as a graduate assistant in a current Certified Networker(tm) course. (If you want to know how this course helped me make my business so much more successful and what it can do for your business, please let me know).
The group is small which allows every member of the class to get so much individual attention and assistance.
One student, Lisa Litalien, who is Manager of Corporate Travel for Central Travel, "got it" very soon in the process. After only a few classes (out of a 12-week course), Lisa attended a networking meeting of the Women's Entrepreneurial Network or WEN (a Toledo-area organization for women in business and women-friendly businesses - ask me about this, too).
Dave Bodner, a friend and fellow networker, told the group at our table the name of a person he wanted to meet to possibly do business with (let's call him "Mr. Y). Getting a personal introduction to a person you want to meet is the best way to begin to build a relationship with that person.
No one at our table knew the person he wanted to meet but we all wrote down the guy's name. But Lisa did much more than that. For the next day or two, she asked everyone she came in contact with if they knew "Mr. Y." Lo and behold, she found someone! She then arranged a meeting with Dave and Mr. Y - I don't know what will happen, but this networker sure learned a lesson that day. Lisa doesn't seem like so much of a newbie anymore, does she?
What's your best example of when you have been able to make a great connection happen between two other people?
posted by Sandy of Sandy's Stuff for Women @ 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
At Monday, November 27, 2006 at 9:49:00 PM EST,
Debby said…
Interesting you should ask. Today, someone gave their 20 second introduction at the WEN meeting as being the "Church lady," meaning she works with many churches in the area. Immediately my ears perked up. Someone in my BNI group had asked to be linked with a person who has church connections. I had done what I could already, but just hadn't found the right person to make the connection. Now I have the in, and have to remember which BNI member wanted the connection. Good thing I make notes each week that I can go back to!
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