The South Bay's OD Network kicked off the New Year in style at our networking extravaganza at Citrix in Santa Clara. Here are the slides from that event.

1. The Secrets of Successful Networking Jeff Richardson Chief Transformational Engineer Empowered Alliances www.SecretsOfSuccessfulNetworking.com Jeff@EmpoweredAlliances.com

3. Quick Connection Stationary Greetings Without moving more than a foot Without shouting out Without speaking

5. The Experiential Learning Linkage Copyright Empowered Alliances Pg Action Reflection Integration Continuation

6. You’re Only 1-2 Connections Away How will this connection REFLECT ON ME ?

7. Sincerity Reliability Care Competence How are you building trust within your network?

8. The Secret of Successful Networking… …Give something of value* so you’ll be remembered and referred! (Repeat)

9. Meaningful Connections

10. Conversation Starting Questions What would you start if you knew you could not fail? What problems are you working on now? What interests you about (topic)? What do you like most about ______? What are you passionate about?

11. “ Be Interested” Conversations One minute per person to share

12. Commonalities..

13. Who’s Like Me?

14. Value Adding Conversations Listen for ONE MINUTE reminders to change speaker

16. What do I do now…