Much networking advice assumes that you need to be an off the chart extrovert to succeed. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this video workshop, Devora Zack proves that real networking means working with – rather than fighting against – your natural personality.
Zack, an avowed introvert and a successful consultant who speaks to thousands of people every year, shatters stereotypes about people who dislike networking. She then provides an innovative, customized system of networking that leverages your own unique strengths.
This video shows you how to forge meaningful, lasting connections in all kinds of situations, not just formal networking events. With the help of engaging exercises, you’ll learn techniques for cultivating your networking “A” game, while remaining true to yourself.
Understand why both introverts and extroverts possess natural skills for networking
Gain a “network survival kit” to survive and thrive at networking events
Discover how the five components of a well-formed goal can help you achieve your networking objectives
Learn how to make a positive first impression and how to end a conversation gracefully
Master methods to host a dynamic networking event
Prepare networking strategies for business trips and conferences
Apply versatile tools to launch and organize a job search
Learn the best approaches to following up with contacts
Devora Zack, CEO of Only Connect Consulting, is a global keynote speaker, consultant, and coach with 100+ clients such as Cornell University, Smithsonian, Australian Institute of Management, U.S. Department of Education, and Mensa. Her books, Singletasking, Networking for People Who Hate Networking, and Managing for People Who Hate Managing, are published in over 25 languages. She has been featured on ABC-TV, Fox Business, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fast Company.
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As the first black female television journalist in the western United States, Belva Davis overcame racism and sexism and helped change the face and focus of television news. She shares the story of her extraordinary life in her poignantly honest memoir.
Davis is no stranger to adversity. Born to a fifteen-year-old Louisiana laundress during the Great Depression and raised in the overcrowded projects of Oakland, California, Davis suffered abuse, battled rejection, and persevered to achieve a career beyond her imagination. She has seen the world change in ways she never could have envisioned, from being verbally and physically attacked while reporting on the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco to witnessing the historic election of Barack Obama in 2008.
Davis reported many of the most explosive stories of modern times, including the Vietnam War protests, the Black Panthers, the Peoples Temple cult mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the onset of the AIDS epidemicand from Africa, the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that first put Osama bin Laden on the FBIs Most Wanted List. She encountered a cavalcade of cultural icons: Malcolm X, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Nancy Reagan, Huey Newton, Muhammad Ali,
Alex Haley, Fidel Castro, Dianne Feinstein, Condoleezza Rice, and others.
Belva Davis soldiered in the trenches in the battle for racial equality and brought stories of black Americans out of the shadows and into the light of day. Now in her seventies, the Walter Cronkite of the Bay Area hosts a weekly news roundtable and special reports at KQED, one of the nations leading PBS stations.
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