Networking for Success with Author and Business Mentor Carol Harris

<p>Welcome to this weeks Podcasts where I speak to Carol Harris who is the author of Networking for Success 2nd Edition about her book .&nbsp;</p> <p>Over the last 30 years she has thought vital business skills to help business grow. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development and a Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Consultants. Carol was also was a Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain.</p> <p>Today Carol is an author , corporate trainer and thriving international networking marketing business.</p> <p>Why did Carol write a second edition of this book, because networking has changed during Covid19 including with online networking. The book is told in a story format that is easy to understand.</p> <p><strong>Why does Carol believe networking is important for business.</strong></p> <ul> <li>It is important to help businesses grow through contacts and associations</li> <li>Learn from people get support and build new contacts.</li> <li>Networking is usually inexpensive</li> </ul> <p><strong>How to network effectively.</strong></p> <ul> <li>Have a strategy</li> <li>What results do you want to achieve with your networking</li> <li>Be selective with how you spend your time and what events to attend.</li> <li>Choose networking groups that fit with your interests and what you do</li> <li>Networking is it very important to schedule time and follow up your contacts.</li> <li>As the saying goes the fortune can be in the follow up.</li> <li>Speak within your comfort zone and skills that you will have confident to speak about.</li> <li>Be prepared, about what you are going to speak about.</li> <li>Pick two to three things to speak about.</li> <li>Be calm, breath and take a pause if you need to think.</li> <li>If you do not know something , tell someone , that you will get back to them about the question after you double check.</li> <li>Ask questions they get attention.</li> <li>Questions can open conversations.</li> <li>Listen do not just talk.</li>