Professional Interactions
Networking Dynamics
Prepare introductions, build reciprocal professional contacts, and follow up to grow a purposeful network.
This course builds practical capability in purposeful professional networking. Participants learn to prepare introductions, develop reciprocal contacts, and follow up, then plan how to use those skills at work.
What you'll learn
- Gain insights on how to refresh, build, and make the most of your existing network
- Discover ways to make an impression and impact contacts that will open doors
- Develop the tools and techniques to plan and better prepare for networking opportunities
- Use course methods to prepare introductions, develop reciprocal contacts, and follow up in a workplace scenario.
- Develop a networking outreach plan aligned to a relevant work need.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a workplace need connected to purposeful professional networking.
- Select an appropriate way to prepare introductions, develop reciprocal contacts, and follow up.
- Explain the reasoning behind that choice and identify its limitations.
- Produce a networking outreach plan that addresses a relevant work need.
- Set review points for a networking outreach plan and identify one adjustment.