Based on my experience of going out and build the network of people who I know, I created this slide deck and shared with a group of KMSers. Hope you will find it useful.

1. Viet Hung Nguyen
Social
Networking
Why and How?
Your Network, Your Success

2. The bigger of your network, the better
chances of success you can reach.

3. My network map. Beautiful, isn’t it? Blue dots = KMSers,
orange dots = MBA connections (Vietnam EMBA program)

4. Not just any connections. It needs to be quality
connections, people who are fit with you and your life's
purposes

5. discipline
It’s your responsibility to
practice the
of going out and recruiting
your network. It’s your future.

6. Yes, GO OUT. Meet people you don’t know.
Start with one networking event per month.

8. Be open.
• Respect that people
are different (very)
• And one pretty sure
thing is that we
don't know a lot of
things in this world
• If you are open and
you listen, you will
learn a lot
• Listening shows
respects to the
newly-met people as
well

9. Smile and warm handshake
• Smiling always works.
Give your best one
smiles.
• Learn how to do
handshakes the right way.
• Ultimately, the goal is to
create a warm feeling
once people first talk to
you.

10. What can YOU help the newly met
person(s)?
• That is the most famous
question to ask yourself
during the networking
session.
• The easiest way for people
to get to know you is to ...
volunteer doing things the
first hand, unconditionally.
• Giving and contributing is
always the great key to
open the gate to people's
minds.

11. No more than new connections
each time.

12. • It is hard to remember more than 5.
• The purpose of networking is to get to
know people and have the commitment
to follow up.
• And 5 seems a lot already.
• Also remember that ultimately, it's not
the number of people you know, it's the
number of great people you know.

13. Follow up via email, social network
(LinkedIn recommeded)

15. Photo credit
• http://www.techwench.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/social-
networking.jpg
• http://thefutureofink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Woman-
shaking-hands.jpg
• http://victimsupporteurope.eu/activeapp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/
iStock_000011957632XSmall2.jpg
• http://www.evolllution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/open-
doors.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Big_Smile_2.jpg
• http://its.kennesaw.edu/images/Keyboard_Help.jpg
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XehZ7GQibKI/UOZjKXZTlHI/
AAAAAAAAAYE/GMaHD4T4grw/s1600/5.jpg
• http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OHUhPTMC2AA/UWnb1pGmpBI/
AAAAAAAADn4/E3L3l-XL_dU/s1600/beautiful+social+media.jpg
• http://quotivee.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/
quotivee_1024x768_0007_Life-is-like-riding-a-bicycle.-To-keep-your-
balance-you-must-.jpg