The complete guide to professional networking
Subtitle: the secrets of online and offline success
By: Simon Phillips with cartoons and caricatures by Simon Ellinas
Contributors: Ellinas, Simon
Publisher: Kogan Page, Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780749468910
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Businesspeople; Business networks; Online social networks
Description: "While most people recognize networking as a critically important skill, many find it difficult, boring or fear inducing sometimes even all three. However, mastering the right techniques can pay off and help people thrive in today's networked business world. Effective networking means tapping into a team of likeminded business people willing to help each other achieve their goals. The Complete Guide to Professional Networking demonstrates how to use networking in person and online together successfully for powerful results. The techniques and suggested strategies in this book are backed up by interviews with some of the world's most successful networking experts. This book is accompanied by a website with videos of these experts, as well as their cartoon caricatures throughout the book"--

"Networking is a skill that many people recognize as critically important, but which many find difficult, boring or fear-inducing - or even all three. Yet if you master the techniques that really work, networking can pay dividends. Effective networking means tapping into a team of like-minded business people willing to help each other achieve their goals. If you build, grow and nurture your business networks, you will become known for your expertise and will be better placed to win the new client, business or job when it really matters. You can network successfully in person or online and The Complete Guide to Professional Networking shows you how to use both together for the most powerful results. The techniques and suggested strategies in this book are backed up by video interviews with some of the world's most successful networking experts"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is networking?; title: How big should my network be? What's your networking style?; title: What's your networking style?; title: How to network effectively at work; title: The networking scorecard; title: The complete professional networker; title: Mobilizing your network.