The second general session panel: Increasing Your Net Worth By Expanding Your Network
- Emily Kertz Lampkin, President of Lampkin Group
- Julie Larson, Business Coach/Consultant at Burg Communications
- Moderator: Dean Cathy Silak, Concordia Law School
Julie Larson: What is networking
Networking isn’t about you. It’s about cultivating mutually beneficial or win-win relationships. You do that by shifting your focus onto the other person. That’s how you add value – by putting their interests first.
The ability to influence is the ability to lead and succeed.
Your power and your ability to be helpful and be successful is based on your ability to have information and know where to get it from.
Strategies to build your network
- Start with who you know and are already connected with
- Look at where you are on a daily basis (personal life)
- Think, ‘Where am I already, how do I find new eyes to interact with on a daily basis?’
- Don’t look for perfect – look for an opportunity
- Don’t overlook the power of a handwritten note for networking & building relationships
Comments from the audience:
- Women have been networking for years – we don’t have to joins formal group to be good at it.
- Key to networking? Turn on your inner 4-year old to leverage your natural curiosity
Julie shared a quote from Robert Kiyosaki to end the session: “The richest people in the world build networks, everyone else looks for work.”
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