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Join The Wall Street Journal Europe Networking Tables

Throughout the year The Future Leadership Institute organizes networking tables across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia.
Whatever goal you have in life, you will not get there without others. A network is a personal support system that will help you reach your goals. You can turn to your network for advice, information, feedback, support, promotion and ideas. The efficiency of your network depends on the quality of the people in your network and your ability to relate to them. Today you should investigate in building a digital network (LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, etc...) as well as a face to face network. The Wall Street Journal Europe Networking Tables can help you with the latter.
The exceptional level of The Wall Street Journal Europe readers guarantees an interesting mix of personalities at the Wall Street Journal Europe networking Tables. That is also the reason why the Wall Street Journal Europe Networking Tables are always limited and manageable, up to 10 people at a Networking Table. There is no use in being a business card collector if you don't intend to become a connector. A Wall Street Journal Europe Networking Table provides an opportunity to build authentic and supportive relationships with people from the C-suite level.

5 tips for effective networking

1. Choose the right Networking environment. If possible try out one of the WSJE Networking Tables organized around an event of which the topic is of interest to you.
2. Focus on quality rather than quantity. Instead of being a collector, try to be a connector. Don't look around for your next victim while you're still speaking to a new contact. Try to establish a good contact with ca 5, not more than 10 new contacts at an open networking event.
3. Always make a first good impression. Make a first powerful impression by asking people what they do before talking about yourself or your business. “Seek first to understand and then to be understood." (Stephen Covey)
4. Elevator Speech momentum. Be able to clearly state who you are and what you do.
5. Follow up. Send a handwritten card first, follow up with coffee or lunch (not a sales lunch)

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