Networking to Grow Your Small Business

<p>This episode evolved from a talk I gave in my fabulous facebook group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2684437078479085/?ref=group_header" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Connections, Coffee &amp; Confidence Community</a>, all about networking. It's something many group members had expressed a desire to learn more about and something I find myself getting more involved in after moving to a new province. However, I noticed there are some shifts in perspectives we need to make in order to network more effectively and I cover those in today's episode.</p><h3><br></h3><h3>Key Points:</h3><ul><li><strong>We need a perspective shift around networking </strong>(<em>2:40</em>)</li><li><strong>Formal Networking </strong>(<em>5:10</em>)</li><li><strong>Less Formal Networking </strong>(<em>6:25</em>)</li><li><strong>Perspective Shift Around Where We Network </strong>(7:07)</li><li><strong>Old School Networking</strong> (<em>8:10</em>)</li><li><strong>What Fits? </strong>(<em>9:10</em>)</li><li><strong>Strike Up a Conversation </strong>(<em>10:00</em>)</li><li><strong>A Critical Activity </strong>(<em>10:58</em>)</li><li><strong>Make the Uncomfortable, Comfortable</strong>(<em>11:58</em>)</li><li><strong>Critical Business Activity </strong>(<em>12:47</em>)</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>Also mentioned in this week's episode:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/</a></li><li><a href="https://shows.acast.com/connections-coffee-confidence/episodes/how-an-immigration-lawyer-serves-both-her-clients-community" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/connections-coffee-confidence/episodes/how-an-immigration-lawyer-serves-both-her-clients-community</a></li><li><strong>Outliers</strong> by Malcolm Gladwell (<a href="https://amzn.to/2UXrc8A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2UXrc8A</a>)