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Writer's pictureAlison Conigliaro-Hubbard

Even YOU Can Be a GREAT Networker!

๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ โ€˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. (well, not THAT kind of networking โ€“ I was in the networking IT space for many years)


๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—œโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น!ย 


๐ŸŽ™๏ธ A decade back I was listening to an interview on the radio with a former GM of a large company talking about his new book. I found something he said to be particularly interesting, so I reached out on Twitter, sharing that I appreciated this comment. He replied, I bought the book, he started sharing my content, and the connection continuedโ€ฆ


๐Ÿฅ About 15 years ago I was enjoying breakfast in Positano, and I overheard a familiar industry conversation at the next table. This person happened to be a known name in my household. He was a respected Chairman/President of one of the companies in my industry. I called out his name to connect. And the relationship with him and his amazing wife began.


๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ 3 years ago I reached out to a new friend for a 1:1 conversation. Sheโ€™s a senior leader in her business and lives in a part of the US that I didnโ€™t know much about at the time. She had indicated in a few womenโ€™s group calls that she had been raised with a different political point of view than most of us. I loved her energy, so I wanted to listen and understand this better. She is now one of my great friends, supporters, collaborators, and allies. I just love this woman, and we have learned that we share much more in common than not!


๐Ÿ€ I was at a charity basketball game as a teenager and paid a little kid $5 so that I could sit next to my favorite NFL player. I showed him that I carried his player card in my wallet. Iโ€™ll leave out the details, but he has been a close friend for 40 yearsโ€ฆ


๐ŸŽ‚ I was getting ready to do an EBC (executive briefing) for a group in from Southern Brazil on my birthday โ€“ maybe 5 years ago. To prepare, I learned a bit about the region, the companies represented, taught myself how to open in Portuguese, and, knowing how lively a group this might be, I asked the group to sing me Happy Birthday in Portuguese, Southern-Brazilian style (true story)! I am still connected to some amazing people from this group!


๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ โ€“ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.


Let me know your interest in an experiential workshop to Master the Art of Networking!


๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง!๐Ÿ’ฅ



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