1. Your host: Clinton Walker YPG Rep – Nottingham & Derby
Welcome!
Your host: Clinton Walker
YPG Rep – Nottingham & Derby

2. Housekeeping
Fire exits
Toilets

3. What is networking? About who you know, not what you know
Critical to success in business & career
Forging alliances for now & the future

4. Using it to your advantage
Share ideas
Be economical with contact
Don’t try to juggle too many contacts
Always ask for advice – be clear!
Maintain a professional image

5. Using it to your advantage cont.
Treat contacts as you’d like to be treated
Be consistent
don’t project the personality you are not
Finally …
BE POSITIVE!

6. Excellent networking attributes
Keeping in touch
Maintaining a mutual balance
Building bridges continuously
Always generating contacts
Being open and approachable

7. Well-known networking sites
Facebook
MySpace
Bebo
Business-specific sites
LinkedIn
Ecademy

8. Questions ?
Time for some active networking …