Learn how to network to effectively pitch your product, your service and yourself, to grow a successful business. This highly-interactive, three-session boot camp begins with a session that provides tips and tools for how to network, followed by a high-impact Speed Networking event, and concludes with a working lunch session on the follow-up process after a networking event. Lunch is included and attendees are welcome to participate in the speed networking session only if they choose.

Schedule and topics:

8:30 – 8:55: Attendee check in

8:55 – 9:00: Welcome

9:00 – 10:00: How to Network

Do you ever feel like networking is a bit of a chore, and you wonder if it is worth your time and effort? Or, maybe you like networking, but you think there might be ways to make it even more effective in terms of producing valuable relationships and making appointments? Join us for some rock ‘em, sock ‘em strategies and tactics for meeting new people and sorting them out – quickly! You will then be ready for 90 minutes of productive networking the “speed networking” way!

10:00 – 10:15: Break

10:15 – 11:45: Speed Networking Event

Get ready to make some new connections! This Speed Networking segment will deliver an exciting, high-impact and structured networking opportunity.

Each interaction will last three minutes (90-seconds each), with a one-minute rotation time, allowing for 15-20 interactions at the event.

11:45 – Noon: Break – Lunch will be served

Noon – 1:00: Working Lunch

Now that I have all these business cards, what’s next?

OK, you did a great job of speed networking, have a stack of business cards and were successful in having a bunch of short conversations. What do you do now? How do you turn these cards into appointments that lead to revenue, referrals and even more introductions? This session will help make you money even as you eat your lunch.

Please contact Stephanie Sokenis, Director, Small Business Development with any questions.

About the Speaker

Al Simon, Sandler Training by Simon, Inc.

www.simoninc.sandler.com

Al Simon is President of Sandler Training by Simon, Inc., a sales training, coaching, and business development consulting company based in the Atlanta area. Since 2001, Simon Inc. has specialized in equipping business owners and sales professionals to be effective and consistent with their business development strategies, tactics, and attitudes.

A published columnist for several magazines and blogs, Mr. Simon also authors the “Simon Says” weekly sales tip. A 1977 graduate of Georgia Tech with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management, Mr. Simon has 38 years of direct sales experience; and he has also been exposed to many different sales strategies and approaches. Consistently the top performer in sales volume for his company before starting Simon, Inc., he has mastered the art of selling in both simple and complex sales cycles. Mr. Simon has also successfully managed salespeople in highly competitive, high-risk situations

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