The Square Pig Holborn 2pm – 5pm

Networking is now more important than ever, given the economic climate. If you’re worried about redundancies or are looking to find more work, your next step could be down to who you know, not what you know.

Yet for many, the thought of walking into a room full of strangers is enough to bring them out in a cold sweat.  If you’ve been to a networking event before but not enjoyed it, are unsure about how to approach a group of strangers, or find it difficult to succinctly answer the what-do-you-do question, then you may want to come along to our networking workshop.

You’ll learn how to:

• read body language
• approach groups of strangers with confidence
• ensure your introduction is interesting
• end conversations gracefully and purposefully
• maximise your opportunities before, during and after the event.

As well as learning lots, we structure the session so you can maximise your business opportunities.  So don’t be surprised if you come away with some great contacts too.

Imagine how good you’ll feel when you have some simple tools that can make networking really easy…

This workshop is being run in association with Xchange team.  To book please contact Kim Christian, Marketing Coordinator on kchristian@xchangeteam.com

D: 020 7025 4427
T: 020 7025 4400
M: 07812 737 678
W: www.xchangeteam.com

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Very valuable session, lots of new ideas and a different perspective I now have on networking. Very helpful couple of hours.

James Trezona, Managing Director, Mason Zimbler

Thanks for a really enjoyable, hands-on seminar. Both myself and Philip came away with some good stuff. We’ve  put some of it into practice and already seeing an improvement

Alex Farrow, Creative Director, Barneys.

“With huge pressure on all types of business, it is increasingly important that we value the relationships that we build with others.  Networking is a vital part of the business mix today and in delivering this course, Coaching Creatives laid solid foundations to help with understanding the psychology of how people interact, but also provided sound practical advice on what to look for in body language, how to make the first approach, how to get the most from short meetings and the importance of following up.  For me though, the biggest lesson learned was the absolute requirement to get the planning process sorted before you even enter the room – it’s going to make things much more straightforward and I will now be networking with greater purpose”.

Kevin Johnson ACIPR
Director
Storm Marketing Communications Ltd

Great seminar last week – I feel like I could face a networking event now, rather than want to avoid them! I’ve already put some of the top tips to good use so I can see it will be really beneficial in developing contacts within our industry.

For me, the most useful points were how to start the conversation and explain the job I do, and also how to politely exit the conversation when the time is right.  Also, just being armed with a bit of information on current topics or thinking what to say when people ask what you’ve been up to are a great help. Roll on the next networking evening!

Kate Strudwick, Epoch Design

I wanted to let you know that I found the course very useful and I do feel like it has given my confidence a good boost. I gained a lot of reassurance from meeting people who I would have considered ’seasoned professionals’ but who don’t always find it easy to network.

There was a very good atmosphere to the meeting and a really good mix of people from different backgrounds so it turned into quite a good networking event in itself.  The most useful part was the planning side – quite often these things can seem like common sense – doing research etc but I got good pointers on how to go about it.

Antonia Thomas, International Business Co-ordinator, South West of England Regional Development Agency.