**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.** 

Do you spend a lot of time networking, with little to show for it?  Maybe you’re making conversation but not connections. People like, trust, and hire those to whom they feel connected. Discover practical conversation skills that turn conversations into tools for connecting. You can use these to make your networking events (in-person and virtual) pay off in terms of clients and referrals. Learn (1) Strategies for starting, maintaining, and ending a conversation; (2)Tips for virtual networking—bridging the distance; (3) Gestures that tell a story; (4) Words that create an instant connection; and (5) Solutions to common conversation/networking conundrums . What’s big takeaway? Easy-to-implement techniques you can use to build relationships and stand out. Led by Janet Parnes, a social conversation and etiquette expert, who equips people with the skills to make them feel valued, understood, and heard to help them build their careers and businesses. Prior to starting her own business in 2005 and graduating from the Protocol School of Washington, Parnes spent more than 20 years in sales and public relations, working for companies that include Analog Devices, Lipton Tea, and international PR agency Porter Novelli. 

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.