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Great communication skills are critical to success in today’s workplace. Mingling maven Susan, RoAne shows us how to make the most of social events and build relationships by sharing tips and tricks learned from a lifetime of experience in the networking world.
You’ll learn:
- How a farmer re-framed the dirty word “networking” into something positive.
- The three essential elements of a self-introduction.
- Several safe opening lines to use when meeting new people, anywhere, and how to keep the conversation going.
Susan RoAne is known as the “mingling maven” and is famous for her book How to Work a Room, which has sold over a million copies across 13 countries. She’s been named by Forbes.com as one of the networking experts to follow in 2015. An author and in-demand international keynote speaker, she has shared her message of connection and communication with audiences worldwide, and in diverse publications including the New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. She’s served many clients worldwide, including Coca Cola, the United States Air Force, the National Football League, and Hershey Chocolate.
School has never been this much fun. Comedian and creative teacher Esteban Gast shows us how to bring creativity into our every day life, while having a lot of laughs along the way.
You’ll learn:
1) The most important factor behind great creative ideas.
2) Easy steps you can take to spark creativity in your daily life.
3) Tried and tested tools to help you come up with better ideas, faster.
Esteban Gast is a comedian, teacher, and entrepreneur living in Chicago. He teaches creativity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has co-authored two books and is currently developing an online class on creativity. When he’s not teaching and writing, he’s traveling as a stand up comedian, speaking at TEDx conferences, and making short films. He has also started two small social businesses and was co-director of the iVenture Accelerator – a startup that was just awarded the Ashoka U-Cordes Innovation Award.
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