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April Events
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April 11, 06:
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners QuikConnect
5:30p - 7:30p
April 19, 06:
Technology / Telecommunications
QuikConnect
5:30p - 7:30p
April 25, 06:
Young Professionals
QuikConnect
5:30p - 7:30p
April 27, 06:
Effective Networking
Training Seminar
11:30a - 1:00p
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Event Spotlight
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April 11, 06:
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners QuikConnect
5:30p - 7:30p
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Market Your Business
Access 21,000 Middle TN Professionals
Make New Contacts & Forge New Relationships
Become an SBN Partner TODAY!
Contact Terrie Young or Adam Small for details.
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Innovative Follow Up Tactics:
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- Maintain a cartoon file. Cut out comic strips with which use people’s first names, or a hobby/interest. Once a month send out 5-10 cartoons to those with the same name or which deals with their hobby/interest with a personal note as a gesture of re-connecting and offering some humor.
- Send notes of Congrats or small gifts to recognize a promotion, award, birthday, anniversary etc..
- If someone is quoted in the paper, or there is an article or picture, cut out and send to them with a note. Make sure the article was positive and something they would want to keep.
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FEATURED APRIL EVENT
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Click above for
more information
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April 05, 2006:
Business Services
QuikConnect
7:30a - 9:00a
Maggiano's |
Connect with many of Nashville's Movers & Shakers. Forge new relationships & expand your network.
Bring you business cards and winning smile.
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Charisma vs. Authenticity
By Scott Ginsberg
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What image would you rather project: charisma or authenticity?
Charisma comes from the Greek word kharisma, which means "gift" or “divine favor.” According to Wikipedia, is often used to describe the ability to charm or influence people. It also refers to a quality in certain individuals who easily draw the attention and admiration of others due to a "magnetic" quality of personality and/or appearance.
Big deal. This is 2006. Charisma will only take you so far. And in an age of corporate scandal, lack of consumer trust and mass media brainwashing, there is only one attribute that picks up where charisma left off and TRULY magnetizes customers and coworkers to you: authenticity.
Click HERE to read the rest.
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Private Networking Training
Relationships are the Catalyst for Success
Empower your Staff with Lifelong Skills
Develop Effective networking Tactics & Techniques
Curriculum delivers unique insight & networking practice
In 90 Minutes, we will prepare your professionals to cultivate the right relationships for Success!
Contact US Today to schedule a training session!
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Seven Tips for Developing a Solid Networking Strategy
By Dean Lindsay - Progress Agent (TM)
Author of Cracking the Networking CODE
Let's start with a quick reminder:
Networking is NOT forcing yourself or your products on someone.
Networking IS getting to know people, their lives, and their needs.
Networking is NOT selling your products and services at every moment.
Networking IS being progress for the people you connect with.
Networking is nothing new. Most of our relationships began through networking and referrals. Heck, Paul McCartney met John Lennon through networking.
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One of the steps in effective networking is to Open Face-to-Face Relationships.
The remainder of this article can be read by clicking HERE.
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Remembering
Names
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Right before you meet new people, prepare to receive their name.
Try to associate their name with something visual – what they are wearing, a word that rhymes etc.
Use their name in your first or second response.
Mention their name naturally during the conversation – Don’t overdo it! Repeat their name when parting.
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Humor ME
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Humor has been scientifically proven to relieve stress, motivate and improve relationships.
Using good humor relaxes people and allows them to be more open.
A tense or uncomfortable person is far less able or willing to engage in a good discussion with you.
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Food for Thought
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Like We Needed Another Reason to Hang Out by the Buffet:
Our endorphin levels are higher when we are close to food which boosts our memory and the chance that we will remember and be remembered. Food makes us happy!! Periodically meeting people near the food table/buffet can help increase your chances to be remembered and deliver a positive impression.
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Conversation Starters
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- How did you get into your line of work?
- What about the profession interested you?
- What major changes do you foresee in your industry?
- What are the current trends?
- What have you found to be the best ways of getting the word out and promoting your business?
- I meet people frequently, tell me: How would I know if someone I meet would be a good contact for you?
(Every question delivers an impression about you, so ask questions that make you look smart, informed and concerned.)
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