NJAWBO – A great networking opportunity for all
Now that summer is winding down, a lot of networking events are on the horizon. Why not include a couple of NJAWBO functions on your calendar? Any professional interested in expanding their network will find NJAWBO to be a great resource.
There are many who believe that the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners is a "Women only" organization. Not true! Anyone can participate and take advantage of the events and training offered.
Wow, the summer has just flown by and the networking has been good. When most people are on vacation and not thinking about business is the best time to get out there and network. It may be too late for this past summer but it is definitely something to think about when the next holiday season rolls around.
Let me explain a little further. I attended a trade show in Mountain View this past week. There were over 200 vendors and around 1000 attendees at the event. If this event had been held during the fall or spring, the attendance would have been twice that figure. This gave me a better opportunity to be noticed and to connect with people that were serious about networking just from the fact that they were attending an event during the summer.
Over a year ago I was blessed to connect with a wonderful angel living on planet earth – Karen Curry. Somehow, like 18,000 others, Karen got onto my email list and via email an amazing relationship was born...
Back in February Karen came to New Jersey to participate in a Financial seminar I coordinated and I immediately became another one of her many, many students. So far I’ve completed her Prosperity Boot Camp program and am currently enrolled in her Build A Thriving Practice year long program.
NetWorking From Here and There
The On-Line Networker’s Laptop
Circa Holiday and End of Year Tax Season 2007
In the next few issues, leading up to the holidays, we will be discussing the on-line networkers best friend – the laptop. What it is and what you can do with it for better your networking success. It always gets a little more interesting as the holidays come around with gifts, tax deductible purchases and the flood of new technology that comes around at the end of the year.
In Writing to Change the World, Mary Pipher discusses the founder of Outward Bound U.S.A, Josh Miner, who said "If you are lucky, just once in your life you will be associated with a great idea." Pipher says, "If I have one great idea, it is that connecting people might save the world." Just think of the grandiose idea that being a part of The National Networker is like being a part of saving the world. Yes, by connecting people that is exactly what you are doing. It’s not just about business and money. In fact, connecting people may be the best thing you can do to save the world.Relationships thrive on eye contact. If you can’t make eye contact, you are revealing a lot about your nature. Are you shy? Are you modest? Are you dishonest? And, what do you think about the other person and their ability to make eye contact? Do you pass judgment ? If you do, you are not alone; many of us do this subconsciously.
Powerful "Asks" for Friends and Acquaintances
As you know, networking for referrals from people who don’t know your work first-hand is often an ask for “someone who may know someone”. Be candid about their level of knowledge about you and your work, thus protecting their integrity. Offer references or a small demonstration of what you can do. Most importantly with this, and all other “asks”, don’t be attached to outcomes, they are not a reflection on the source.
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