AP Podcast – Episode 9: Matt and Josh Talk About Networking

// 10.31.17

Networking & Career Development

In a very special episode, Matt and Josh reveal their best tactics for networking and building business relationships.

This one is chock-full of useful nuggets! Some of the topics covered are:

Business cards
Talking to strangers
Putting yourself in a situation to start an easy conversation
Exiting a conversation
Preparing for a conversation
Elevator speech
Open ended questions
How and when to follow-up after a conference

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