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Work the Room: Effective Networking Strategies

Whether you’re building professional relationships or preparing for your next career move, this course equips you with the tools to network confidently and communicate your value with clarity and authenticity.

Through interactive sessions, real-time feedback, and strategy-building activities, you’ll learn how to turn conversations into connections that matter. You will explore strengths-based communication, impression management, and the role of nonverbal cues in making lasting impressions.

This highly practical workshop is structured for learning, discussion, implementation, and refinement, so you walk away with a personalized networking strategy you can use right away. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish between small talk and meaningful conversation
  • Apply impression management techniques effectively
  • Discover and present your authentic self, strengths, and values
  • Shift from “What’s in it for me” to “What’s in it for them” (WIIFT)
  • Craft and deliver your “44 seconds of fame” introduction
  • Demonstrate key nonverbal communication strategies
  • Leverage mutual connections and networking apps
  • Create a follow-up plan to close the connection loop
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Program Outline

Content Structure

  • Six 2-hour in-person sessions
  • Strategy-building activities
  • Real-time feedback

Program Benefits

  • Personalized networking strategy
  • Stronger professional presence
  • Confidence in any room
  • Feedback-driven practice
  • Tools to tell your story
  • Real-world application
  • Expanded connection-making skills
  • Improved self-awareness