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How to Navigate Any Event with Skill & Confidence
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How to Navigate Any Event with Skill & Confidence

Networking happens at conferences, social events, anywhere and everywhere. But how do you do it?
Created byDiane Darling
Last updated 3/2024
English
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What you'll learn

  • How to get over natural/normal fears of walking into a room with people you don't know
  • How to introduce yourself so you're memorable without being weird
  • Ways to prepare for an event
  • Learn how and when to follow up afterwards
  • How to juggle food and an appetizer
  • Tips to get into a conversation (and exit one)
  • What to do with all those business cards
  • How to best use LinkedIn to prepare and follow up from an event
  • Build confidence.

Course content

4 sections • 18 lectures • 32m total length

  • Introduction - This is what you want from this course.0:41

    Welcome - quick overview of what you'll learn

  • Time to get off the couch!1:59

    Believe it or not, I struggle too.

    The following lectures will confirm what you want and will show you how to go about it.

  • Be prepared - Are you sure you know where you're going?1:32

    Learn how to prepare for an event so it's less stressful.

    Planning is 99% of the job. Do it well and it will save you time, money, and anxiety.

    Consider using AI. Put the link for your event in ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever AI platform you use.

    Ask it a few questions such as:

    • What industries or types of people will be at this event?

    • Are they senior executives, people new in their career, middle management?

    • What have people said about this event?

  • What to wear and why it matters1:30

    Casual, business casual ... dress codes are confusing these days. I'll share some suggestions about picking clothes that work best (be sure to have pockets) and ways to set yourself up for success.

  • To eat or not to eat1:13

    I'll share some tips on eating so you don't find yourself juggling a plate of appetizers and glass of wine only to cringe when you drop a crab cake on the carpet.

  • Tips for introverts - How I overcome it myself at events.1:30

    Want to run and run far? You're not alone.

    Roughly 50% of the world's population test as introverts - and I'm one of them. There are ways for you to succeed without being someone you don't want to be.

  • How to introduce yourself in a memorable way1:16

    I am dyslexic - which means I get words, letters, and numbers backwards.

    When parents introduce themselves other parents, they rarely start with their first name. They start with their kids' name.

    When we introduce ourselves in a work setting, people are typically distracted by their surroundings and then they don't remember your name. This helps you capture their attention.

    For example my mother had NO name, she was "Diane's mom" not Ann Darling. 

  • Your handshake is important - let me help you get it right2:53

    Everyone is different.

    Some handshakes are wimpy and others crack your knuckles. I'll share ways to test your handshake, guidelines for women, and how to gain confidence when meeting people.

  • How to remember names!1:35

    Some simple tips.

    It happens at the worst moment - you see someone you know you know, but what the heck is their name. How to recover and get others to help you too.

  • VIPs - do your homework.1:53

    How to engage the speaker and get noticed.

    There is always an awkward pause when the speaker stops talking. If you have planned ahead with a relevant question, you'll get everyone's attention.

    A question that goes over well is, "What would you tell your younger self?"

Requirements

  • Willingness to go a bit out of your comfort zone
  • Identify 1-3 events to test your new skills and try new techniques to meet people
  • Not required, but you may want to make up a few business cards to take along

Description

Whoever you are and whatever you do, connecting to other people is essential. Yet there are times when normal nerves kick in.

This course will help you gain confidence with helpful tips and strategies to make it less intimidating

  • Do you cringe at the idea of even walking into a room of 'strangers'?

  • Feel overwhelmed when you see everyone in clusters talking and feel left out?

  • Wonder how to break into a conversation? Or get out of one!

  • Forget someone's name and want hide?

  • Wonder how to get out of a conversation?

  • Got a stack of business cards and no method of staying in touch?

  • At a social event and see someone in your business sphere and aren't sure how to talk to "senior level" people?

In this engaging, fast paced course you'll learn skills and strategies to gain confidence when you need to "work a room."

You'll have a completely new perspective on how to manage normal/natural anxiety when talking to people you don't know (and why you can blame your parents).

You'll walk away having a greater understanding of how to make connections and stay in touch.

May this work well for you and I wish you great success.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to gain confidence at events - from a BBQ to the Oscars
  • People who understand they need to connect with others to succeed - professionally and personally
  • Individuals who want to expand who they know and more importantly - who knows you!
  • People who have been in the workplace for awhile and feel stuck
  • Anyone starting out in their career and wants to make a good first impression
  • Non-sales professionals (eg. architects, engineers, doctors, accountants) who need to bring in clients
  • Sales professionals who are great at closing business and want to polish their networking skills
  • Fundraisers who are seeking ways to connect to donors in an authentic way

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