Chapter - Nov 2016: Own Your Career and Keep Networking Alive

Agenda:

Check-in/Pre-meeting activities	5:30 pm
Dinner	6:00 pm
Business Meeting	6:30 pm
Speaker Presentation	7:00 pm

 

Abstract:

My friends often tease me, saying:  “Rod, you’re always networking.  Why not give it a rest?”  They might as well say, “Rod, you’re always breathing.  Why not give it a rest?”  My answer is the same for both questions:  “I can’t.”

For me, networking is all about interacting with people no matter who they are, where they are, or what they’re doing.  It could be members of my family, neighbors, members of the PTA, or the UPS driver.  I don’t care.  I gravitate to people because they fascinate me.  I love them.  They charge me up and give meaning to my life.  Everyone has a story to tell, and I love hearing those stories.  

Of course that’s the practical, everyday, “fun” side of networking.  I need to make sure you understand the business imperative of networking, too.
Relationships are the new “capital” of the 21st century and as such, will have a much greater impact on growth in almost every business sector of the economy.  If you opt out of networking, you are taking yourself out of the career landscape for a long time to come. It’s not JUST about the job search; it’s about becoming masters of networking with an eye toward securing a viable place in the relationship-based global economy of the future.

It all begins with the machinery of networking.  And that machinery must never stop.

 

Learning Objectives: 

• Develop the Own Your Career Mind-Set

• How to Develop Your Value Proposition as the CEO of Me, Inc.

• What is the Market Demand for Your Services

• Empowered Networking in the 21st Century

 

About the Speaker:

Rod Colón-Motivational Speaker, Master Networker, Career Strategist, Radio Show Host, Corporate Trainer and Author. As an in-demand Executive Coach and Professional Speaker, Rod reveals his depth of his career management experience and shares the wisdom he has acquired over the years. He demonstrates the power of networking as a giving and sharing activity, and aggressively challenges professionals to be relentless in building their networking skills while managing their careers as a business.

Rod also hosts a new and interactive weekly call in radio show entitled Own Your Career: The Weekly Summit for the CEO of Me, Inc. online Mondays at 9pm (ET) atBlogTalkRadio.com/OwnYourCareer. Rod is a graduate of Georgian Court University and is inducted into Georgian Court University Alumni Court of Honor in 2011. He has been featured on ABCTV “Tiempo” with Joe Torres, FOX 29, NEWS12 New Jersey “It’s Your Money” with Eric Landskroner, BRONXNET “Open” with Dr. Bob Lee, Latin TRENDS, Newark Examiner, Princeton Review and has received numerous awards and citations in both print and online media.

 

 

Cost:

Non-Members	$25
Members online	$5
Members onstite	$10
Volunteers	$0

Members and Volunteers will receive discount at checkout