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By dockerydesigns, on August 2nd, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #20: Harness The Power Of Meetup.com
Sure, you have a networking group that you visit. You’re loyal, but you’re also on the lookout for great new opportunities. But how can you gain access to the people and groups that haven’t invited you? In an earlier piece, we mention that you should consider Going Were You Don’t Belong… Yet, focused around the ability to visit the groups and locations that haven’t yet given you the opportunity to enter the fold. But how can you get to the groups you haven’t even heard of yet?
Meetup.com’s motto: Do something • Learn something • Share something • Change something, is like a networker’s battle cry. Sure, networking is truly important for any small business owner, but there are several different types of social networking sites online and some businesses are just better suited to offline networking. So how can you combine the two: Getting involved with an online social networking site that encourages people to network and meet in the flesh.
Meetup.com is an online networking site that facilitates offline networking. Members can create and join groups of people with similar interests who live in their area, and they can easily organize real-life meetings. Many small business owners take advantage of the service to meet potential business partners and clients.
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By dockerydesigns, on July 26th, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #19: Free Training = Free Training + Networking!
When you go to your Networking meetings, keep you ears open, and take note of the different individuals within the networking group. Some of them are educators, and some— like the leadership team— have close ties to the organizations that want to help small businesses. When an opportunity arises, and these individuals are looking for more small businesses to work with, they offer free or low-cost training.
Now, if you can moderate and give your own training, that may be an avenue you should consider stepping down. But, for the rest of us, the important thing to remember is that free training should really equate to free training and a networking opportunity.
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By dockerydesigns, on July 19th, 2010
Presentations: 2 Minute Training #10: Don’t Read Your Presentation Off The Screen
So many people read directly off the screen when they are presenting, that Tyler Dockery starts to wonder if the BAD PRESENTATION fairy came to school on a day when he was sick.
“I have sat through many presentations— students work, teacher work, Department heads and Deans, Government coordinators, town council members, pitches from vendors, and all manner of situations. And nothing… really, I mean NOTHING… boors and audience to tears and loses their attention quicker than reading the actual slide to the audience.
Honestly, people can read to themselves far faster than you can look at the screen, read the text to yourself, and then mindlessly repeat it back to us. By the time you got to the second line, we already read the whole 5 lines of your slide, and stopped paying attention.
One of my students gave his class a presentation where he read directly off of every slide. After 5 slides, I asked him to download the presentation and I would look at it myself later. It was a dark day for that student.” Tyler Dockery stated.
People have specific information that they need from a presentation. Otherwise, don’t give it. Covering the minutiae is a waste of good time. So why do people do it?
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By dockerydesigns, on July 12th, 2010
Presentations: 2 Minute Training #9: Bring Your Whole Presentation With You. The Whole Thing. And A Backup.
When presenting, don’t leave anything to chance. To do so will only invite folly.
Avoid this grievous error by bringing your entire presentation with you. All of it. With YOU. Every part. And have a backup, just in case.
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By dockerydesigns, on July 5th, 2010
Presentations: 2 Minute Training #8: Don’t Use Powerpoint
To many business people, and many presenters, Powerpoint is the end-all, be-all of the presentation world. So why does Tyler Dockery advise most business people not to use Powerpoint, and in fact, never to use Powerpoint for professional presentations?
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By dockerydesigns, on June 28th, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #18: Offer To Give A Joint Presentation
In a networking meeting, you learn about individuals, you learn about their professions, and when they present to your group, you learn why its worth your while to talk with them or suggests the presenter’s skills to your contacts.
Most groups have a sign-up sheet where
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By dockerydesigns, on June 21st, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #17: Look The Part
Last week’s networking blog entry came with a flood of email messages (not too many comments though… I’ll have to look into that) letting me know that the story aspect really caught their hearts and minds. So today, we’re going to talk about looking the part by opening
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By dockerydesigns, on June 14th, 2010
By dockerydesigns, on June 7th, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #15: Send A Personal Thank You
You just got off the phone with a referral you received this week. They love your work, and they’re willing to put $1200 down for a brand new widget. How can you thank the person who passed you their information? You’d love to do it in
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By dockerydesigns, on May 31st, 2010
Networking: 2 Minute Training #14: Prime the Pump For Your Next One to One Meeting
You’ve met another networking individual, and set up a one to one meeting. This could become the foundation for a pivotal relationship, and you would really like this meeting to connect the hearts and minds of your organization with theirs.
You want
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