Networking Events of Recent

I spent the last few days spending time with networking through an Meetup.com organizer Ronald Lee, who runs Man Meets Woman. It’s been really good and very productive. What’s interesting is that I’ve met some people who have been networking for a year and even two years, and have noticed that not much has really changed. The social skills and their charisma factor haven’t increased and therefore they’re still struggling to get their business going, and therefore they seem to be lacking a clear vision of what it is they want their business to be like. Professional charisma comes a lot from knowing your product inside and out. And knowing how to explain to people clearly and definitively what they need. For example I met Big Picture Coach Patrick Von Pander. Now I want to make it clear, I’ve never worked with Patrick directly nor have I been his client, but there’s one thing for sure, he was professionally charismatic. And I noticed what made him noticable at the meeting were a few things.
1) He was very comfortable being able to speak to a group of people. I hate to say it, if you’re going to be an entrpreneur, you better be able to be comfortable with yourself talking to others.
2) He knew a lot about life and his industry in general. And he was able to offer advice at the RIGHT TIME! offering advice that other people find useful are so important and even engaging people in questions is good.
3) He came prepared with an information sheet. This is part of the professional charisma he had, he was able to offer some useful advice without us requesting. A sheet I personally found very useful.
4) His “elevator pitch” was phenomenal. Here’s a man who’s worked it out, and was able to clearly define the type of person he wanted to work with. No ifs and or, buts.

So Patrick, really knew what he was doing. He knew what his business was, and he was able to explain it. And if you’re going to be charismatic socially, being able to gracefully explain your services in a way that appeals to people is just the tip of the iceberg.

Sadly the person I talked to in an early event, just didn’t seem to understand and apply what he needed to get the attention of people. He was just quiet, and not very engaging. He didn’t seem to have much input into the group and didn’t admit that he was new to the particular topic we were mentioning. So it’s rather sad to see that…

But Patrick…competely opposite. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to meet more people like Patrick and that I’m hoping that I can help out people achieve that sense of not necessarily being a better closer, but someone that is able to express themselves clearly to others, whether it is their business or it’s how they feel about their journey on how they started their business.

Anyway I hope to see you all on May 9th. I just added Alanna Fero to my line up of talks. The event will be called Charismatic Conversation!