Tuesday, November 21, 2006

COMM 16

tonight Rob Clark and i presented to a class of commerce students on the topic of networking.
the Saskatoon Commerce Students Society hosted the event and i would have to say a great group of students.

this public speaking for me is not too new of a thing, but after tonight i realize that i need to do it more often. push myself out of a comfort zone.

the class started out with Rob's top notch power point presentation off of his mac. (many jokes made during the speech about mac vs. Pc) he covered many useful points about networking.

then he turned the floor over to me.

yes there was a lot that i wanted to share but didn't share. my mind seemed to go a little blank.

there is so much to networking that comes to my mind, so much of it that we really don't even know we are doing it because it becomes a daily routine.

i believe that networking is something that come natural when you have a great passion of what you do because you seems to want to reach out and help others that will someday help you and your business. it becomes natural if you have a great vision for your business. it's a feeling of wanting to give.

it is almost unbelievable to think that every person that you may meet, be it in the grocery store, or at a business function, each person will have about 250 contacts.

wow. the possibilities. the people that you could come to know just through meeting one individual.

i also mention tonight about being yourself and believing in you, if you don't think you can do it, why network.

when you are yourself, when you are confident and have a set purpose, it will show. passion in business is like love to a marriage.

it will show in many ways.

i say love what you do and dream with your eyes wide open.

thank you to Ainsley for organizing this event and making us feel very welcome and thank you Rob Clarke for including me .. your presentation was great - you're a natural.

congrats to the girl who asked the first question - she won a free photo shoot with us. looking forward to working with you!


here are a few pics of Rob giving his presentation


Ainsley, Rob and myself.

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