Networking Essentials for Business

Introduction

Walking into a networking event for the first time can be a nervous and scary experience. What should you say? How do you introduce yourself? Why are you going networking? How can you be a successful networker?

Networking can be one of the most rewarding and cost-effective way of doing business and can also help with personal development in areas such as confidence and presentation skills.

This course will show you how to approach any networking event with a goal and objective and introduce some of the key essentials to networking successfully.

Why take this course?

Whether you’re looking to expand your client base, create new strategic partnerships, or advance your own personal development and skills, this course will empower you with the tools and techniques needed to succeed in business networking.

Get ready to elevate your networking skills, unlock new ideas and opportunities, and take your business to new levels of success.

This course helps you understand why networking is important as a marketing activity and how to approach any networking event with confidence and clarity. This course will also help you put into action what you have learned and to ensure you are comfortable approaching any networking event.

Learning objectives

This online course is divided into three modules with some reflection documents and downloads to help you maximise your learning and help you implement the knowledge in your networking activity:

• What is networking and why do we go networking
• Effective networking
• Implementing your networking knowledge to help you succeed
• Taking your networking to the next level
• What are your next steps for successful networking
• The critical success factors for any networking activity

Course level

This course is an introduction to networking and is designed to help you overcome any barriers to networking and how to make the most of this important activity to help you grow your business. Whether you are new to networking or have been attending events for a while the information and strategies in this course will help you improve and reflect on making networking work for you both in your personal development and in your business growth.