Expand Your Network

Professional Networking

Course details

  • 27m
  • General
  • Updated: 5/11/2021

You don’t have to be an extrovert to be good at networking, and you don’t have to be fake. In this course, former presidential campaign spokeswoman and self-professed introvert Dorie Clark shows you networking strategies that you can personalize to play to your strengths and connect with people you actually like. She helps you identify the most important people in your network and prioritize who is most critical to your success. She also helps you choose which networking events are a valuable use of your time, and shows how you can host one yourself. Then, you’ll learn how to start conversations that build real connections, and use social media to network authentically. Last, she helps put all the elements together into a plan you can use to become a better networker.

Learning objectives

  • Identify which network contacts to prioritize.
  • Determine ways to maximize networking time.
  • Examine how to use social media to grow a network.
  • Recognize and apply the benefits of content creation to expand a network.
  • Examine ways to follow up and maintain
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