How to Make Networking Effective & Enjoyable,
including Introverts!
When it comes to finding a job, advancing your career, changing a career, or starting & expanding a business, recruiters and career coaches agree that networking is the #1 skill needed. It is also a necessary skill to access the hidden job market. For many or most of us, networking is a daunting task that we’d rather not have to do. In this session, Greg Collins will address the misconceptions and fears of networking while highlighting the benefits and how to make networking “FUN”!
Topics for this session include:
-Why Humans Build Networks Socially and Professionally
-What Networking Is and Is Not
-Characteristics of a Good Networker
-Transferring Social Networking Skills to Professional Networking
- A Fun Interactive Networking Game where Everyone Wins!
- Identifying Your Next Steps to Becoming an Effective and Natural Networker
About the Speaker
Greg Collins is a trainer and coach with over 25 years of experience specializing in leadership training, team building, coaching, facilitating, and mediating with various governments, universities, non-profits, and individuals including the Maryland State Board of Election, the Graduate School USDA, Ball State University, and the Florida State Conflict Resolution Consortium.
Greg has also served on the 40Plus of Greater Washington Board of Directors since 2018 including his tenure as the former Chair and Director of Speaker Engagement.
Contact Information:
703.864.6270
gregcollinsdc@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/greg-collins108
