Networking How To's: How to Network Effectively

Making connections and maintaining relationships with the people who support you throughout your career can be the key to success for most individuals. By effectively building a network of colleagues, business associates and more, you are ensuring that whenever you need a new client, a new job, or to develop your skills further, you can call upon your network to help you.

Networking is perhaps more crucial than ever, as an established relationship can make you stand out against the competition. For anyone who has ever worked as an intern at a large organization, one of the best pieces of advice you'll receive is to network, network, and network more while you're there. Take advantage of the access you've been given, go out of your way to meet other intelligent individuals and build up a network of contacts so that when you leave (or if they do first), there is a foundation for a relationship in place.

Featured Speaker(s)

Greta Schulz is the president and CEO of Schulz Business based in West Palm Beach. She has been involved in sales consulting, sales team and sales management training, marketing, and training for almost thirty years. She has developed an online sales training program, complete with live Webinars and in person training sessions to help you better build that relationship.

National columnist of “Sellutions” in over 30 Business Journals across the country and a contributing author of New York Times bestseller Masters of Sales. Greta has her own bestseller she’s written called, “To Sell is NOT to Sell.” She is also a regular guest on the nationally syndicated “Entrepreneurial Excellence Radio Show” As seen on business talk shows on ABC and NBC, Greta helps organizations improve their sales processes and build their businesses on referrals. Greta is also a noted motivational sales speaker speaking to large corporations and organizations around the nation.

A business graduate of The University of Miami, Greta is happily married with 3 children.

Schedule of Events

This project is brought to you by WITI Leadership Member:

Jodi Glacer

Jodi Glacer has been in and around technology for more than 20 years. She spent the first part of her career as a Technical Writer, writing documentation for such companies as American Software, the Centers for Disease Control, and Coca-Cola. Jodi has spent the last 13 years selling services, software and products to the IT industry. She currently is with Skillsoft, a Distance Learning company, and focuses on the training needs of State/Local Govt. and Higher Education.

Jodi was a member of WITI while she resided in Atlanta, and now is a member of the Leadership Council, where she will be concentrating on retaining the current membership and growing the South Florida Chapter. She is also an active member of South Florida Technology Association. Jodi is a UCF graduate, where she earned a BA in English, Emphasis in Technical Writing and Editing.