495: How to Network When You Hate Networking with Devora Zack
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 26 September 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Devora Zack explains why you don't need to work the room to build great connections.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) How to smoothly start, sustain, and end conversations.
2) How to ease your pre-networking anxiety.
3) Best practices for writing amazing follow ups.
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— ABOUT DEVORA —
Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author and global speaker with books in 45 language translations. Her cluents include Deloitte, Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institute of Health. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Cosmo, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others. She is the author of Networking for People who Hate Networking, Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Singletasking.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.0 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money. |
| 0:14.0 | With your host, Pete McKitis. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 495 with Devorah Zach. Devorah is sharing her |
| 0:24.0 | pro tips for networking if you hate networking so you'll learn one how to |
| 0:28.0 | smoothly start, sustain and end conversations. Two how to ease your pre-networking |
| 0:32.1 | anxiety and three best practices for writing amazing follow-ups. |
| 0:36.8 | So if you want to take a look at the show notes or the transcript or the links to items we've referenced, |
| 0:40.2 | it's on over to awesome at your job. |
| 0:41.6 | com slash F-485. |
| 0:43.2 | Now here's D'Vora's story. |
| 0:44.8 | D'Vora Zach is the CEO of Only Cadet Consulting, a Washington Post best-selling author, |
| 0:48.9 | and a global speaker with books in 45 language translations. |
| 0:53.0 | Her clients include Deloitte, Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, |
| 0:56.3 | Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. |
| 0:58.8 | She's been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News and World Report, and many other places. |
| 1:04.6 | She is the author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, |
| 1:07.1 | Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Multitasking. |
| 1:10.6 | Big thanks to Devorah for spending some time with us and big thanks to our sponsors. Check |
| 1:14.2 | them out. Here is Devorah. |
| 1:19.3 | Thanks for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at your Job Podcast. |
| 1:22.0 | My pleasure. |
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