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Walking into a room full of strangers and coming away with new friends, good contacts, and leads to opportunities takes learned skills and practical methods. These can be acquired by even the shyest of people to enable them to feel comfortable mingling while outgoing types can perfect and polish their abilities to make contacts. The topics covered in this mini-workshop include: • Techniques to prepare and pave the way in advance • Setting up a buddy system to help with introductions to strangers • What to do with business cards, theirs and yours • How to gracefully exit one conversation and join another • Handshakes, greetings, small talk and food • Timing: when to arrive and when to leave Presenter: Patti Wilson, Executive Career and Business Coach Patti Wilson is a well known Bay Area career and business coach. She is the managing principal of CareerCompany.com™ and owner of the WednesdayNetwork.com, the first of a new breed of online career and job discussion e-groups. She has coached thousands of executives from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. She holds a Masters in Career Development and was an Employment Manager for SUN Microsystems. Po Bronson called her, "the guru of Silicon Valley career counselors" in his best selling book, What Should I do With My Life? In addition, Patti has been frequently quoted or interviewed by PBS Radio's California Report, National Public Radio's Marketplace, KTVU, NBC11 and KPIX TV NEWS, Monster.com, Business 2.0/Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, CBS's Early Show, and USA Today.
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