The document provides 4 tools for networking comfortably and effectively: presence, not trying to look good, focusing on connecting with others, and helping others. It discusses how networking is often an "unconscious performance" where people try to make a good impression but feel fake. The tools encourage being fully present, stopping efforts to appear a certain way, listening to the other person, and finding ways to be of service rather than focusing on personal goals. The overall message is to relax and connect with others rather than see networking as a performance.
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1. 4 Practical Toolsto Network Comfortably, Naturally and Effectivelyby Jonathan Bender, MS, MFAFounder, WholeSpeakhttp://www.wholespeak.com
2. OverviewWhat is Get Real NetworkingEveryday Performance Philosophy4 Tools to Transform Your Networking: Presence, Not Trying, Connecting, HelpingPractical ExercisesQ&A
3. Why Network?Meet new clientsExpand our circle of influenceHave a fun timeLearn new tools and ideas
6. Everyday PerformancePerformance Studies: burgeoning fieldAll the worlds a stage: life as a performanceWe perform differently based on our surroundingsIdentity as performance
7. Identity as Unconscious PerformanceGestures and body languageFacial expressionsEye contactMuscle tensionVoiceEmotions
8. Performing at Networking EventsPerforming ourselvesWanting to make a great impressionFear of being judgedFeeling fakeSoHow do we let go of our habits and get real?
10. Tool #2:Dont Try to Look Good.Dont try to make a good impression.Stop obsessing about how youre being perceived.Dont give away your power.Practice not looking good.
11. Tool #3:Focus on Connecting.Its about both of you. (Duh.)Listen.Heart Breathing Exercise
12. Tool #4:Help others.Find ways to be of service.Follow up the very next day.Be a resource; connect others with resources.
13. SummaryLet go of trying to perform your best. (Get out of your own way.)Loosen up, relax, and get present.Focus on connecting, not on your goals of getting more clients.Help others.
14. Bonus Tips: ReframingWhen meeting someone, act like its the 10th time seeing them.Dont say what you do tell a story of how you helped someone.How does your work affect people? Make their lives easier or better? What do you love about what you do?
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