Event Details
Monthly meetings include readings for small group discussion where participants will learn how to build an effective network, interact to develop their networking techniques and skills and share best practices.
Participants will be encouraged to support each other in attaining the results they seek. This program will be of greatest value to those participants who are prepared to take action to maximize the value of their relationship networks.
Join the Club... receive a discount on this and other club sponsored events:
Club Membership: $45 (Standard) $35 (student and recent graduates)
Preparation:
The suggested readings for each session are below, please read one or more of the suggested articles for the each session along with other material you believe would be helpful.
Continuing Discussions:
Please join us in the Chicago Booth Rain Makers Group on LinkedIn, where we discuss these topics and more, and help each other become better rain makers. Sign up here.
August: How to Build Your Network
How would you describe your network? Have you diagnosed your network? Are you Paul Revere or William Dawes? What will you do differently after reading this article? What learnings do you have to share with the group?
How to Build a Network
September: Be a Better Conversationalist
How do you use your network, operationally, personally or strategically? What is the value of small talk? Are you good at small talk? Are you an introvert or an extrovert and what does that mean? What will you do differently after reading one or more of these articles? What learnings or best practices do you have to share with the group?
How Leaders Create and Use Networks
Networking for Introverts: No Good at Small Talk
Networking Tips for Introverts
Top Five Things Extroverts Should Know about Introverts
Seven Deadly Sins of Ntworking, and How to Avoid Them
Networking for the Shy Entrepreneur
October: Develop and Refine Your Elevator Speech
Consider presenting your elevator speech to your small group for feedback. What will you do differently after reading one or more of these articles? What learnings or best practices do you have to share with the group?
Are Rainmakers Born or Made?
Elevator Speeches
The Perfect (Elevator) Pitch
Elevator Speech Slideshow of Tips
$10 for club members and guests. $20 for non-members and guests. Fee is for all three sessions.
Program
6:00 PM-6:30 PM: Registration and Networking
6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Small group discussion
7:30 PM-8:30 PM: Networking at the Midway Club
Questions
Paula Mikrut
630.248.8550