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ApochroMinute 36: Coffee or Tea?
We may not be able to network in coffee shops right now, but we can still network over coffee. Watch this week’s ApochroMinute for tips.
3 Ways to Serve Your Network
Some of the ways you may typically network are off-limits right now, but this can actually be an ideal time to expand your network and deepen connections.
ApochroMinute 9: Social Distancing Networking
Today in the ApochroMinute, a quick tip to help you build and deepen relationships in your network, even in a time of social distancing.
How Holiday Parties Can Help You Expand Your Network
It’s holiday party time!
Whether you love everything about networking opportunities or started sweating just reading the title of this post, December can be a great time to expand and deepen your network. Here are some tips to do just that (and avoid the alternative scenarios that are the stuff of office gossip everywhere). This topic is so important and so fraught with peril that has been addressed by numerous people over the years. No one blog post can fully exhaust it, but our goal is to get you ready in 1,400 words or less.
Northwestern Alumni Networking Webinar Follow-up Post
Thank you all for logging on for the Northwestern University Alumni Career Webinar, “3.5 Tips to Turbocharge Your Networking Skills.”
We have listed several resources below to assist you in your networking plan.
Amy Cuddy’s book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges is a great place to start in an effort to make networking opportunities more comfortable.
Networking | VOTW 051419 (Live!)
This week the Video of the Week is live. Apochromatik’s Keith R. Sbiral will be leading a webinar for the Northwestern Alumni Association Career Webinar Series, May 14, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. CDT.
Join Keith for, “3.5 Tips to Turbocharge Your Networking Skills.”
Serve Your Network a Little ICE: 3 Ways to Serve Your Network
Building your network is an obvious and important step to build your career. So important that we’ve written before about three common networking mistakes you can avoid, how holiday parties can help you expand your network, and our four part series on building a network from scratch in 15 minutes per week. Once you’ve built your network, though, then what?
Herminia Ibarra, in her book Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, states, “…just because a person knows that a network is important to her success, it doesn’t mean she is devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong.”
Video of the Week...March 5, 2019
This week’s topic is how to serve your network. For the Video of the Week, we’re featuring one of our favorites: Drew Dudley’s “lollipop moments” TEDx Talk about everyday leadership. Invest 6 minutes in this great reminder that a small favor can make a big difference. And check back for Thursday’s post on easy ways to help others in your network.
Career Lessons from a White House Internship: Alongside a Stalker
When someone sees my resume, the item I’m most likely to be asked about is my internship in the West Wing of the White House. That is usually followed up by asking whether I know there’s a character named Amy Gardner on the “West Wing” TV show. (Yes, I do, and I have a great – mostly true – story about how she really could be named after me. And if you know any different, don’t tell me. I like my version better.) Until now, though, I haven’t publicly shared how I got that West Wing internship. It wasn’t due to connections or networking and certainly not any special expertise. Instead, I got my internship in the White House press office largely because of the lessons I learned from a stalker.
How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week, Part IV
This week is the fourth and final part of our series on building your network in just 15 minutes per week. By the end of this week, you should be much farther in your effort to cultivate your network, based on just an hour of effort.
How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week, Part III
This week, we’re going to go back to the list of 10 people you came up with as initial targets to contact.
How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week, Part II
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How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week, Part I
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3 Common Networking Mistakes You Can Avoid
Recently we conducted a Q&A session where we heard from several professionals who asked about networking. In the next few weeks, we’ll address many of the questions they raised, including how to build a network from the ground up. First, though, three common networking mistakes you can easily avoid.
