| Experts Connection™
connects you, the business professional, with experts in career
and professional development via teleseminars. Topics will be
presented with an eye to the practical, rather than the theoretical,
offering you the opportunity to put ideas into practice as soon
as you hang up the phone. The topics are targeted specifically
for the executive level professional, for the employed as well
as those in transition. The teleseminars are formatted and timed
to include your questions following the experts' presentations.
Online Networking: Leveraging Technology to Create Relationships
That Matter
Guest Speaker: Liz Ryan,
author of Happy About Online Networking: The Virtually Simple
Way to Build Professional Relationships and leader of “Ask
Liz Ryan” online community
Date: Wednesday, June 27,
2007
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM Eastern,
1:00-2:00 PM Pacific
Class Description:
Business-focused social networking sites like LinkedIn have
changed the landscape for executives looking to expand their
business and professional networks. But how do you use these
tools and what are the best practices that will allow you to
make powerful business connections and cultivate your network
online? Liz Ryan, networking expert and Business Week Online
workplace columnist, will share tips from her book and her experience
as the leader of a thirty-thousand-member online network focused
on business and careers. She will share practical advice on
creating, growing and cultivating your network online; asking
for and giving introductions to people outside your network
and building your brand through social networking.
In this session you will learn to:
- To create an online profile that will draw interest and
highlight your strengths.
- To build an online network and engage your contacts in helping
you achieve your goals(and vice versa).
- Five keys to reaching the people you want to reach, online.
- How to cultivate your network over time and create ambassadors
for your brand.
- How to grow your online visibility to become a sought-after
subject-matter expert.
Liz Ryan is a former Fortune 500 HR leader, author and expert
on the new millennium workplace. She is a syndicated columnist
and networking expert. Liz speaks to audiences of corporate
leaders across the U.S. and abroad on leadership trends, creating
winning organizations and networking for business success. Liz
is the leader of “Ask Liz Ryan” online community
and frequent commentor on CNN, MSNBC and the BBC. www.AskLizRyan.com
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