This document provides tips for effective networking from a workshop on soft skills for success. It emphasizes the importance of being an active listener, communicating effectively to build trust and rapport, having an infomercial prepared to promote your business, and using business cards to develop your network. The overall message is that networking is about building relationships that are mutually beneficial.

2. Instructor: Sandy Chernoff
Soft Skills for Success

3. Effective NetworkersEffective Networkers
Networking TipsNetworking Tips
Effective NetworkingEffective Networking
Networking ExerciseNetworking Exercise
All about Business CardsAll about Business Cards
Final TipsFinal Tips

8. Effective listeners showEffective listeners show
speakers that they havespeakers that they have
been heard andbeen heard and
understoodunderstood.

10. Only with EffectiveOnly with Effective
Communication can youCommunication can you
build trust, respect, andbuild trust, respect, and
rapport.rapport.

11. Create a 90 second infomercial toCreate a 90 second infomercial to
promote your business/product.promote your business/product.

14. What are you taking away?What are you taking away?
Be a good listener
Present with passion
Carry lots of business cards
Do follow up

15. Your business card is yourYour business card is your
means for developing yourmeans for developing your
network, give it away oftennetwork, give it away often
and collect those of others.and collect those of others.

16. Networking is aboutNetworking is about
building relationshipsbuilding relationships
and making connectionsand making connections
that will be mutuallythat will be mutually
beneficial.beneficial.

17. Building Trust, Respect andBuilding Trust, Respect and
Rapport so that you willRapport so that you will
attract and retain yourattract and retain your
customers/clients.customers/clients.

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