And connecting with them. I just have a hard time, I guess, finding those people, because I attend a lot of ATD webinars, training, network webinars, etc. But those aren't, you know, really the time and the place to deeply connect or even have a coffee chat with someone, right? So that's my struggle. Just, I'll shut up now.
You're good. You're fine. And I think what you are saying is echoed a lot by what I read in the chat, right? And it's people. Small talk is an issue. Sometimes timing is an issue. I don't have the time virtually. I don't have the time to get out there live. But there's also, you know, the Yes, it is and go ahead, while I'm looking through the chat, I was gonna
say, May I answer that one? So, like with anything else, many other things, I cannot speak this morning, I need more coffee. What is your goal for making these connections or goals, right? So, for example, Kelly, if your goal is to connect with others in your industry, that's who you would search for. Or if you are Connect, you want to connect with different folks. What are other roles that are perhaps complementary to your role? Or, as Shannon pointed out, connecting with a marketing person, because there's a lot that's in common with marketing and learning L and D and so think about what your goals are, and then go from there as to who you would like to connect with.
Well, thank you for that. It's wonderful advice. And I what, I What, what I'm connecting to, what Anne said is several of the things in the chat, right? So Andrew finding those new connections. So that's the one connection. The other one was about somebody mentioned it, and I was like, Yes, please. Virtually, I end up with a lot of sales pitches, right? So you connect with somebody on LinkedIn, and the next thing you know, they send you, you know, all of their sales data and stuff like that. I was gonna say a bad word, but stuff like that. So you know that that happens. And I think that goes into some of the comments here about authenticity, you know. So I think all of those things kind of tie in together, you know. So, Dr Kelly, I'll be halfway respectful with,
don't worry about it. It was when I was using zoom for my when I used to teach at the college level, and I just, I forget about it. So no, you
earned it, put it there. So does that resonate with what, what Anne was just saying, and what we're reading in the chat, is that what resonates
for me absolutely because, like Shannon and you were just saying, you know, you connect with someone, friend them, or whatever on LinkedIn, let's say, and again, they send you immediately a sales pitch, or they're or they're looking for a job. Can you, you know, can you give me a job? And like what people were commenting on in the chat, the authenticity, you know, it's they're not really looking for new insights or experiences or, and, you know, doesn't have to be insights or new experiences or, you know. And I'm not saying, you know, that I'm looking for like my new the next best friend, or I'm our married, you know, or a husband, in my case, but to have, you know, to kind of intermix the personal and professional growth and development, yeah, and Anne, I really liked that when you were talking about your goals, because some of it is to get out of my little sphere or chamber, as Shannon mentioned, and just really more, see, you know, kind of what's out there. And that's why Shannon, I had a hard time answering that poll, because I thought about thought leaders, business opportunities, new insights. I was like, Oh, I only have to pick one, which I know was the whole point. So I picked new insights. But it goes be, you know, goes beyond that, right? You know, like you said, there's so many different levels to networking. And Anne said, you know, think about your reason, your why. And that goes back to Shannon, what you have talked about, and I've catched up by reading your blog in previous coffee chats when you're talking about your goals, the goals, 2025, goals and so forth. So thank
you. Thank you for that. Well, thank you for referencing the past work that that we do and and if you you got this newsletter, you've got the. A newsletter this morning, reminding you of the one today, which is typical, and then you got the one yesterday about the topic. And in that, I included the virtual planner, right? So your your virtual checklist. Okay, so good. I see nod. So yay. That got opened up. Love it when that happens. Okay, so, Erica, I see you talking, but I do hear what you said. That's okay, but I got that. You got two thumbs up on that. All right, awesome. So thank you for that. Now, the big thing in that to kind of align with what Anne just said, the big part, the big first part of that was, What's your why? You know? What's your why for trying to seek these people out, and as a, as a person who gets a lot of requests, I usually accept them all, you know, but it's, it's very helpful for me. If somebody says to me, you know, what did you need from me? If you want to just be a connection, that's great. I'm all for that. But if there's something that you needed, wanted, or you needed assistance with, then put that in, put that in, share that, you know, because that makes it easier for the conversation right to start to happen and to start to evolve, you know? And I did see in the comments in the chat here about the struggle also being where people don't respond to you, you know. And, yeah, that's frustrating. That's certainly frustrating. I i hope that i answer everybody's messages that come through LinkedIn or come through my email, you know, but it's about being respectful, and some of that is a lot of times when we're trying to build these virtual networks, we're putting the onus on somebody else. So I connect with you, but then I'm expecting you to do all the work to connect with me, so understand that there is a partnership here when we're talking about virtual networking, and subsequently, that's what drove the checklist, is to make you aware that part of especially virtual networking, and especially on LinkedIn, that it is give as good as you get, right? So, and it doesn't have to be deep, heavy stuff, you know? So we're not asking you to be all of a sudden, overnight, a thought leader in learning and development, but maybe it's just asking good questions, you know, or don't try to figure out what's interesting to your audience, just post what's interesting to you. I think that's the other big thing that sort of gets in our way when it comes to networking, because we have that imposter syndrome moment of somebody. Why would anyone be interested in what I have to say, you know? And I think working on that in general is also a big barrier to what a lot of people face. It's, I don't want to put myself out there, because maybe I'm not that good, you know, or or I think I'm likable, but maybe other people don't, you know. So I'm just going to sit here in my corner and wait for that moment to come out right. And it does take a certain amount of courage to put yourself out there, because, and we've all faced this. I have faced this. Everybody has faced this, where you put something out there and you don't get the like, or you don't get the comment, right? So it kind of feels like it's a piece of information that's just kind of floating out in the universe all by its lonesome, you know, and, and that's okay too, because a lot of times it's about, how do you use the tools in front of you? And I'll get to live networking here in a moment. But, you know, I think it's a paradigm shift. So we put something out on LinkedIn, and we expect a comment, or we expect a like, or we expect something to come back to us. But I think it's just like gift giving. You know, you give you give something, not with the idea for having something in return, but because maybe you've turned LinkedIn into your personal journal. You know, I found this idea. Now I'm going to post this idea. I did this work, and now I'm going to post going to post this work so it turns into this stream of thought, and eventually people will pick up on that. That's going to start somewhere, right? You know, let me go through the chat here real quick. Yeah, what professional associations or organizations are you and. Member of that's a great dovetail, Leslie into our live conversation. Toastmasters. That's a great place to start too, especially if you struggle with speaking, right? So why not kill two birds with one stone? I don't know what that means. So Jason, RBF, was that in response to something else. I missed it. RBF gets the best of me. That was
a response when people, you know, I think I'm nice, but people don't because I have resting bitch face.
Oh, okay. I was trying
to not be, you know, crass and very nice.
Jason is very nice. Jason is very helpful, right? And you're, I think we all have that there's sometimes where you know you're just thinking you have that face on, and it's like you don't feel approachable. And that's the other part of it right when you, especially when you are in that live setting, right? So now I have another poll for you here real quick. I want to ask this question.
Okay, where do you find most of your networking opportunities? Live or Memorex, as I give away my age with that commercial reference. Bonus points for people who get it. Let's see online. Most of you soon be online, social media workshops, class, live workshops and classes. That's good attending online workshops or webinars. You can consider this sort of webinar. Ish, I guess I really haven't found a category for it, but I guess if we had to throw it into a category, that would be it, conferences. Yes, conferences, I didn't add that, but that's a good add on. Let's see. As I also going through the chat here real quick. I want to be sure I'm catching questions. Yeah, I love how you guys are supporting each other in the chat. That's fabulous, which is exactly what this community is all about. So let me share with you what you all said. So we've got it seems like majority of you online membership groups, so I'm curious as to what membership groups you're a part of that are online. So if you want to share that in the chat, that would be fabulous. And if somebody wants to open up and talk about their favorite online community, or were you? Were you enjoy spending your time networking that I would love to hear that. Thank you. ATD and the local chapters. ATD, anyone going to local chapter events live So Jason, talk to me about that. What
do you want to
know get out of it?
Um, usually I've been a member of the chapter for, I don't know, 10 years or so, and they only do lie or in person sessions like three times a year. So it's really a chance to connect, reconnect with those people that I've known for a while. And that's about it. It's, you know, I solo worker. So it's connecting with people that are, you know, within the industry, that I can see face to face,
yeah, yeah. And I think that's a great thing too. And if you are so ATDD Association for Talent Development, yeah, that's that's the big gorilla, right? As far as L and D memberships, especially live memberships, there might be some other smaller groups that you could join, but as far as ATD is concerned, a lot of them, yeah, is pi, for sure. It varies by area. So she cut the Chicago land area. Used to have two. Now it has one. It merged. And then there's another one up in Milwaukee, and there's another one in Indiana. You know, in Michigan, I've joined commies. So that was, that was fun, and it's, it's about getting out there. And when you see people live, you have more of an opportunity to really have that one on one sort of you. Who are you? What do you do? What are you interested in? What are your passions? So that way you can find those same sorts of passions, right? Because that's really what we're trying to do as people. We're trying to connect with others. And I think with networking, networking gets a bad name because of bad actors, right? Bad actors who use networking for alternative reasons, but for the most part, when we talk about networking, it's about building relationships. It's about finding your people, and finding people who share your passions and who can have shared conversations. And this is why I attach this to your goals. So if you go back in January and think about what were the goals that you wrote out, that you said that you wanted to do when we did our, you know, big rock worksheet, then you can think, what sort of groups should I be a part of? And maybe it's not, as we've already said, and maybe it's not necessarily all land related, maybe it's industry related. So are any of you members of industry groups? So like, if you work in the automotive industry, you know, are you part of an automotive industry group. Now, okay, the Apartment Association. See, I didn't even know there was an Apartment Association. Now, now I'm going to learn some stuff. So what? So what else is out there that's, that's That's fabulous. I'm gonna have to look into that now. Now they got my sales hat. Now I got my own sales hat. And I was like, okay, the American Society of quality. Oh, ASQ that I'm very familiar with. Susan, yep. I know that one. Yep. What else? So think about your industry. Oh, thanks, Angela, think about your industry. What's out there? Let's start with this. Put your industry in the chat. Let's learn a little bit more about each other. Speaking of networking, okay, so the Society for International Development, that's interesting. That's that's a new name for me.
Property Management, food safety, yeah, so NRA, not the rifle guys, but the restaurant guys, right? So the National Restaurant Association, architecture, engineering and construction. Oh, I'm it's got to be a huge community out there for that. I imagine, I bet there's several. It'd be hard to pick the one, right? Human Resources, right? So how many of you are members of Sherm? So if you are in LED, sometimes Sherm is a nice crossover. So that's the Society for Human Resource Management. Oh, l 10, yeah. L 10, I just got there. I've got to submit a thing for L 10. I just got that email. I like L 10. The people there are nice and friendly, and I always learn something different, because it's life sciences. You know, which that's always fun. I did do very well in it, in school, but I'm learning stuff now. All right, yeah, a lot of there's, there is a lot of crossover skills that go between different industries. And so I think that this is an important bit. So when we think about networking, it's important to think about, how can we then expand our universe? And so now I'm curious. I want to ask you guys, so share with me. You know some what are your what's your favorite tip? So somebody come off Mike and share with me. What is your favorite tip, or the tip that works best for you that might in a life situation, how might you break that ice? So? Susan, hi. Susan,
Hi, there, I think I put it in the chat. But go back to the basics. Just ask open ended questions, if you start with, how's your day? Fine. Are you enjoying the conference? Yes. So you kind of go a little bit further than that. And normally I'm more comfortable if someone else is kind of going a little bit further and providing a little bit more detail. It helps me settle in a little bit, because I'm not. I hate networking. I see it as a necessary evil. So
yeah, and some of us, and I saw this in the chat too, and maybe Susan, I you've got a pretty good team of people, and I'm sure you have a whole range of personalities in that team where you've got. Extroverts and introverts, although you don't have a lot of introverts on your team, as evidenced by them, yeah, as as evidenced by me meeting them at the last Ice conference when they all jumped like all of a sudden, I was surrounded by Susan's theme, and so that's fun, you know? It's, it's really then thinking, how can I get out of my own way? Because I think we get in our own way, you know. So how do we do this? Yeah, what's keeping you busy? I like that. So, Andrew, hi. Andrew,
hello again. I stalk people on LinkedIn, and just looking through their experiences or things that they've commented on, say, Oh, I see that you're in, you know, insurance, and I actually know someone else who's in another insurance and, you know, either making a connection with them, or, you know, thinking about how they might talk to each other, or asking really good, you know, trying to come up with questions to get a conversation. So I'm not talking, of course, I'm going to talk about myself, but, but asking them, how does that relate to this, or something along those lines, to simply have a conversation helps. And I get that information unless I know the person from another circle. But if, if someone said you really should talk to so and so, okay, and they actually give me the time, you know, give me a time to meet. Yeah, I'll totally pillaged from their LinkedIn
I love that you're the LinkedIn stalker. I love that. That's great idea, though. The great idea to find out a little bit more about that person before you automatically hit the connect button. I think that's a great idea. Leslie,
so sometimes I like to say, Who would you like to meet here at this networking event? You know? Because maybe I know I could be their connector. But then there's the other part. Is to like, well, maybe, why did you come? You know, why are you here? What's exciting about this, but my favorite one, if I'm really feeling comfortable, is, Hey, can I contact you after this event is over and see if they're okay with that, so that I can have a little bit deeper conversation? Mm,
hmm, yes, ask the question. Just ask, right? And LinkedIn makes it super easy because you they've got the QR code, all you gotta do is scan it and and you're connected. So they couldn't make it easier for you, and you don't have to worry about the whole business card thing and all of that. But I, I'm seeing the thread here, and the thread is that if we invest in someone else, then that's going to come back. And by that investment, it's my my line usually is, so what's your story? How did you get here? Because people, it's never a straight journey into L, D. There's always twists and turns and something you know, and to me, that's endlessly fascinating. So I want to hear their story, and most people will tell you their story. They like to tell their story, you know. So I think that that's interesting, and you never know where else that's going to lead. So doctor Kelly, what? What would you like to add? Yes,
I am trying to remember my thought right? And I lost it right after I raised my hand, but oh, that's what it is. That's all I'm going to say, is I and Shannon, I think everyone's kind of touched on this too, or expressed directly expressed it is coming with a kind of service mindset of, how can I be a service to you. And not that you have to literally frame it that way or write it or say it that way, but let me lower my hand, because I'll forget it, you know. And like I think it's Andrew I might have, you know, and and I'm sorry I'm terrible with names both, but the last two, Lady and gentlemen to speak, you know, touch about you. How can I the connections? How can I help you by maybe one way of connecting you with someone I know, or someone you know in Shannon's community or the luring rebels community, or, you know, another community and, but, yeah, just like you said earlier, Shannon, giving more than you expect. And you know I mean, and I know we have all heard, hopefully, heard that growing up as human beings, but you know, just, I guess that that's. How I approach it, and I still have trouble with the imposter syndrome and getting nervous about, how am I going to say that? Or, you know, how am I going to ask them? Because I feel what? If they say, No, if I say, Well, you know, is it okay if, you know, I email you or text you or hit you up on LinkedIn after the event or conference or workshop, and they say, No, I'm going to start crying, you know, and feel like I'm there, like someone else was saying earlier. You know, that I'm a nice person. I may not come across as the most articulate person, but why would you say no to me?
Yeah, here's a way to frame that, right? So I think there's we have many things in common. I'd like to connect and learn more about you after this conference. That's a good line. Let's you know, is it okay if I email you, let's connect on LinkedIn, and we can find a good time to connect further, whether virtually or over coffee, in person. And so if you frame it that way, instead of just saying, Hey, is it okay? It's then it at least gives them a reason of why you want to connect further. It's a
great tip. And I was going to ask you, Anne, if you had any other suggestions for the people who feel uncomfortable with the small talk. You know?
Yeah, I am an extrovert, so I'll talk to anybody. I'll talk to a wall. But I definitely it's true. I've
seen her talk to walls.
I definitely understand being introvert, and so think about what you may have in common with that person that you want to connect with say, I think Andrew mentioned you he stalks people on LinkedIn. Yay for stalking, right? And so typically, when someone connects with me and they have not sent a note or anything, I'll also initiate a note. Say, I see that we have so and so in common. What prompted you to connect with me? I'd love to learn more about you, so maybe that's a good way to start that conversation so that you don't feel as uncomfortable with them and or if you're in person again, I typically will try to get them just to talk about themselves, and then go from there for me, the win, if you will, is if they come back later connecting with me and Say, Hey, I didn't really get to have a conversation and learn more about you. I'd love to to connect further right? Then That, to me, is a win, because I've gotten them to talk about themselves, and that is part of the you know, giving more than than you expect, right? Helps?
Well, thank you. It all helps. I think also it's about practice, wouldn't you? Wouldn't you agree?
Yes, it is about practice. And I mentioned in the chat being consistent, if you're on LinkedIn and that's your preferred channel, being consistent. Consistency doesn't mean that you have to be there every single day, but schedule some time in your calendar. Schedule that it's a date with yourself right to help you to network and connect with others and do the research stock folks like Andrew or the for those that you are already connected, to make sure that you're engaging with them. If they've shared a post because someone had mentioned, oh, you know, I'm posting and nobody's replying to it. Well, social media, and the out of that magical algorithm that you keep hearing about really entails you to or encourages you, I should say, to really interact and engage with others as well. So that way that when you're posting, it pops up on their feed. And so that's a good way to, again, give more than what you expect, just like when you're in a in a in person situation, if you do this online, your name starts popping up, and people are like, oh, what does Dr Kelly do? Oh, what does Andrew do? And you'll find that there are some really authentic connection requests. I hate the the salesy pitch too, and immediately I just remove them as a connection. Yeah, I do too. Unfortunately it happens, but I've gotten really good. My spidey senses got really good about these things, right? Cutting it, and so I just declined automatically. The ones I think that are going to be salesy immediately,
yeah? And it's also in the title too, right? So I hate to generalize people's titles, but a lot of times, if you you see that sort of sales, or you type a title, then you know that there might be something you know, going your way. Yeah, and
your comment, sorry, I didn't mean, you know, I was gonna say briefly, real quickly, that Anne's comment about consistency goes back Shannon to your networking kind of checklist that you put, you know, that you put together for all of us is the consistency. You know, making that checklist and doing it every other day, twice a week. You know, whatever your schedule. And your comfort, comfort level permits, but yeah, the algorithms on, I know, at least on meta and LinkedIn, oh, reward consistency.
That's very true. That's an excellent point. It's an excellent point. And you're right, it's, and I'm, I'm sorry, I'm kind of laughing to myself at Elizabeth. She put in there, may I text you my name and number, but then for clarification, she was like, this is a suggestion. She's not throwing herself out to the group, but maybe she is. But I just kind of had a little internal giggle about that. But yeah, it's, it's about letting people know that you're open. And also it's the practice of that, and when we go back to practice, I also think it's the little things creating little moments with other people, just in general, you know? So when you go up to the you go to the grocery store, you pay $50 for your nets and eggs, and then you you go through and there's the checkout person. There are you on your phone, either on your phone or scrolling your phone while that person is checking you out? Or do you take a moment to kind of practice a little bit by by asking them a question, you know, about themselves, without interrupting their flow of work by saying something like, where did you get that shirt? Or maybe they're wearing a jersey? Is that your favorite football team? You know? So there are these little moments where we can practice asking those sorts of open ended questions with a stranger, where there is no no harm, no foul, right? It's two minutes, and that person is on to the next person, but you've had a little bit of practice asking a certain question, you know, and I've always found that in a conference, in a large setting, that sometimes just a little question about, Oh, where did you get that, you know, or finding something that's on them that you can relate to, you know, I love that color Purple, or something that will just help you initiate a conversation, you know. So there, there's that. So those when we talk about practice, I think that's an important thing to consider as well now when? And thank you, Dr Kelly for mentioning the checklist. With the checklist, I put the link for the checklist in the chat. So for those of you who didn't have it, you have it now. And I'd like you to take a moment to look at this checklist and think about the the couple of things that you are like. I can knock that out of the park. And I saw some of you in the chat say, you know, your information hoarders, you know, and there's a lot of us like that. I'm probably one of those sorts of people where I find information and I keep it in my back pocket, not because I'm trying to be special, but because, you know, I just my brain works that way. So when somebody asks me about a piece of information, I know how to find it, or I know where to get it, right. I know I have it, or I know where to go out and search for it. Now, there might be other areas here where you might struggle with, you know, like it says here, post an article to a LinkedIn group. You're like, Ooh, okay, that requires more than GE, you know, is the 49 years your favorite football team. That's a little bit more in depth in that. But maybe it doesn't have to be 1000 words. Maybe it's 250 words about your favorite article or about your favorite research paper, and you want to share it in that ATD membership group that you're a part of, right? And so now, going through this list, think about I'd love to know, you know which, and it's not very many things here. We're talking about 1-234-567-8910, talk about 10 things here. So out of these, out of this list of 10, which are the ones you think that you are really good at, and which is the one that you think, Oh, that might be a little bit of a I would have to work hard at that. Take a look at the list. I put the link in in the to the chat. Take a moment
that's a great list. Shannon, that is actually those are all activities that I include in my workshops when I do personal branding stuff,
yay. Thank you for that. And I
was just going to follow up with something that Anne and Shannon, you Shannon said about, you know, the the live networking in the plus. And you know, like you said, finding something, even if it's very general or not general, but, but, you know, seemingly basic, like, I like that color purple, purple on you, or I love your shirt, or your blouse, or whatever is that. And again, and you might speak more about this with the mark your marketing expertise. But I, you know, there are two terms, and I'm not at all an expert on this. It's called inbound and outbound marketing, where and again, I'm trying to, I always cross, get the two backwards and confused. But basically, again, you're sharing articles or pose like in your checklist, are posing deeper questions to open up the conversation or sharing resources, and so you're kind of not the right term, but in a way, subtly attracting people to You, instead of, like, pushing people right, right, right?
Yeah, on the right track, exactly. So inbound is pulling them into you, just like you said, right? So like, for example, Shannon sharing the checklist or tips about in L and D. So that's that's showing off her subject matter expertise, and it's attracting people to you. Outbound is purely promotional. So when Shannon has, hey, I've got a workshop, it's next week, that is an outbound type of post, and so the majority of your content on LinkedIn or any other online platform, ideally would be an inbound type, where it would show off your subject matter expertise. I think Jason mentioned engaging with a post with a deeper question about that topic. Again, another way to show off your subject matter expertise and attract those people to you.
Thank you for that. And I'm loving what you all are saying here in the chat, and it goes towards, you know, sort of what Kelly was alluding to, there is all about that sharing, right? Sharing is caring, learn, grow together, all those things that we like to say and but we're really bad at sometimes, and this is where we can get better at them, you know. So when we think about respond to a post with a deeper question. That's a technique that I personally like to use. It's I read the post and I don't make a question up, but I think that's part of a superpower that we have as an industry, which is curiosity. I want to learn more about X, Y, Z, and so then expressing that to somebody else gives them an opportunity. So Jason posts something, and I ask him a deeper question about it. It gives him an opportunity to show off his subject matter expertise, and I get to learn something while we're at it. So it's a win win for both of us, you know. And I think most people would enjoy that, you know, you don't, you put up a post and you're like, I I hope that somebody has some thoughts about this, so I have an opportunity to expand. Maybe that would be nice. And I think the more that we do that, then the better givers we are right now, I Yeah, helping people answer a question. I see a lot of that. Let's see, keep in mind the way that you say something might speak to someone who doesn't. Oh, right. So your perspective does count. That's a great point. Elizabeth, that she wrote here into the chat. It's because that was in response to Joyce, who's saying the article is a stretch, and maybe article is a poor choice of words, on my part, it's a it could be a small little thing, like I said, you found a HBR article, a Harvard Business Review article that spoke to you, and now you want to share it with your ATD group, or whatever group you're part of on LinkedIn. All you need to do is write a little something, something about it, and you can put that in article form, because when you start a post, it'll you have a choice. Are you going to write a post? Are you going to write an article? An article is usually it's longer than a post. That's all that it means. And so rather than taking up 500 characters in a post, why not do that in an article that has more legs? And then you can share. You can share everything that you want to share about. You can share that thought, why it resonated with you, and you don't need to be you know Stephen King, you know to write a small little article bit. So that's something that you may want to practice on, but I do encourage you to go through. Think about the things you made the list. I didn't make the list. You made the list in the chat about the things that you felt that you could knock out of the park. Do that now, see so I sent you what? So you guys said you could do this. So now go do this.
I wanted to answer Joyce's question or comment here. You don't have to write an article yourself, just to Shannon's point, find an interesting article from your your industry, and then share it and add your own insight so that it showcases your subject matter expertise. And so that's a great way to create your own post without having to really create original content. And I'll share an example. And this is how Shannon I connected. I had shared an article about social media, something with social media, and I added my opinion, my advice, my insights, and one of Shannon's colleagues in the L and D space who I knew as well, saw it and said, Hey, I know somebody who may some need some help with show social media. You're interested in speaking with her? I said, of course, all because she saw that post, and that's how here we are. Shannon, I our friends are and have done some great projects together.
Yeah, absolutely, yeah. And I was just going to follow up, and it was my last time to speak live today is, as I know we're running times coming up is that sometimes when you post with like, whether it be a post or an article or, you know, short video of you, here's what I'm struggling with in storyline, or here's what I'm struggling with working with a SME. Or, you know what, not who or whoever is that what might seem insignificant or amateurish to you can actually have a significant impact someone's perspective, right, their journey, professionally or personally, because you know. And as my mom always told me, and this kind of sounds bad to tell a child or teenager, but there's always going to be someone who knows less and knows more than you, who is better at x and who's not as good as x as you, you know, and so who's has more money than you, who doesn't, who has less money, you know? And so the My point is, and I think it was Joyce who wrote this in the chat, you know, your perspective counts, and your experience at whatever level it is, may be a game changer for someone else.
That's that's a great point. And I think that's something that's, we all can keep in mind. It's, you never know who you're going to touch. You know, you just don't. And the universe is very, very small. And my daughter, who is who works in physical therapy and physical fitness, she was working with a client, and Chelsea asked that client what she did for a living. That person happened to be in learning and development. And Chelsea said, Well, you might know my mom. And she said, Who's your mom? So Chelsea told her, and she was like, oh my god, I took, I took a class from that person, and I loved it. It changed the way I work. So you never know what the universe is going to bring around to you, where you think that there have been many workshops, many, many workshops that I've done, where I went, gee, I hope that made a difference to somebody. But then when you when it comes back around like that, then you're like, Oh, I guess it does. Who knew? So you never know who you're going to touch. That's the moral of the story. So it's not really a I'm not really bragging on myself a lot, but it just goes to show that in whatever corner of the world you're in, you can have an impact on someone, and that at its heart is what networking is all about. It's about the give and take of sharing information and sharing interest and sharing passions with each other. So I would ask you to shift your paradigm around networking as this icky salesy thing that you've got to do, but think of it more as an act of generosity between two people, you know that you're sharing this knowledge and you're sharing the passions that you have, or you're sharing the stories, and then then if something happens out of it, you know, like a friendship like Anne and I have, or a lot of the other friends that I have that have come from that, then. And that's the bonus, right? That's the bonus. And if you can get the gig, you you're, for those of you looking for a new gig, this is how it starts. You don't go in asking for the gig. You gotta, you know, work your way into the gig. And so this is how it starts, you know, little bits and Bob showing people that, you know, here's my voice. Just want to make it known. Here you are. Now use the virtual checklist. Use the virtual planner. Like I said, you guys. You guys are the ones that said, these are the things I do well, so now go back and do them right. And so what we ask is that plan something for at least five of those seven days, like something King someone send a message to somebody. So the planner, let me find the here's the link again. Yes, and thank you for somebody who put the elevator pitch there that should give you the planner. I like that elevator pitch, who you are, what you do, why you should care. That's all it is. 30 seconds of that, you know. And that's, that's the Quickie insight. So find these two things. And then also I put in there the coffee chat, all the coffee chats for the next quarter. So, and that should blow your mind. I have I've planned it out for the full quarter, so they're all out there. You can find that in the link that I just put into the coffee chat. Although, if you want the quick and easy way to register for everything, just go and register for the next one coming up, which is about working with subject matter experts that takes you directly to the Zoom link, and you can just register directly from there. And so I'm looking forward to our next coffee chat conversation, because I think building relationships with your subject matter experts is one of the things that we sort of fail at, you know, we could be better. So we we go into that relationship with the subject matter expert, and we go in sometimes with clenched teeth. You know, it's like, I gotta work with this person, and this person drives me up a wall. It's like, okay, I get it. I get it. So now, how do we deal with it? How do we make better relationships with our subject matter experts? And so that's what for those of you who are new, these chats happen every other week, so not next Friday, but the Friday after we're going to be talking about we are going to be talking about that now also, one of the other things here is we talked about communities. So learning rebels has a community, an official community, beyond this one. And there you go. And what I would ask you to do is we're in the middle of reconstruction with the community, and we're hosting a special offer, and if you want to get in on the community for free for a little bit. Email my, my other right hand, Amanda. So Amanda at learning rebels.com if you ping her directly and say something nice to her, she may let you in for free for a little while, while we were, while we are under the construction process, okay? And so on that note, we are at top of the hour. Yes, Amanda is the best. I love Amanda. My business would fall apart. That's it. I wouldn't have a business. But thank you everyone for joining me today. I hope that you go out, you got something from this, and you think about networking from a completely different light. You have some things to do now. Put them into practice. If some of them work for you, drop me a note. Let me know if you're not connected with me on LinkedIn. Okay, here's your opportunity. Reach out to me, find me on LinkedIn. I'll connect back with you. Just let me know you were part of this chat, and that being said, I hope you guys all have a wonderful and fabulous weekend. Enjoy the wonderful weather out there. Oh, you guys, if anyone doing anything interesting, I know gonna be on a flight back home tonight. I know that that's going to be, hopefully that's not interesting. I don't want my flights to be interesting.
I think Monday, St Patrick's Day. So maybe I'm not this. I think it's Monday. So too, yeah, I'm not doing anything interesting. But anyway, Happy early Saint Patrick's Day. Everyone.
There we go. Everybody, go out and find some green beer or green martinis, whatever floats your boat, make it green, catching up on some sleep, yes, yeah. Thank you. Thank you everybody. It's great seeing you. Thank you for the contributions. I. Everyone, yes, for sure, thank you. Good to see you. Good to see you. Mikey, good to see you too. Andrew, it's always good to see you. Applause.
