Networking: Building Relationships With Purpose

This course will enable you to

• Build a strategic networking plan and execute it.
• Reflect on your aspirations and your personal brand.
• Learn the mechanics of smooth conversation.
• Set realistic objectives for your own networking strategy.
• Discover how to make a positive and lasting first impression both face-to-face and online.
• Stay connected and build deeper – more trusting – connections.
• Leverage the power of social media as valuable tool for networking.
• Take your network to the next level, looking beyond obvious connections to setting up your own shared-interest community.

About the course

Networking is key to your current and future career, but for many people, it feels like a chore – a challenging pursuit that offers little tangible return. Whether that is true for you, or you enjoy spending time with other professionals, networking is the key skill for building valuable professional relationships and social capital.

This course helps you develop a strategic networking plan and execute it in practice. It will enable you to reflect on both your aspirations and personal brand as well as teaching you the mechanics of smooth conversation. Discover how to build and maintain a network of contacts that help you achieve your career goals.