Please join us for our March program

Date:  Tuesday, March 30^th

Time: 11:30 to Noon – Registration & Networking

Noon – Program

Location: OMNI Bank HR Training Center

3000 Ridgelake Drive, Metairie LA

When Networking is Not Working:

How to Build Real Connections and Responsive Communities

 For corporate trainers and service providers alike, the typical ‘meet and greet’ has become stale. And with all of the social media noise, the idea of ‘networking’ has become downright confusing.  In this interactive workshop, you will learn and practice the steps to building connections that lead to networks that work for you, your company and your goals. This session is about the how (or the simple process that makes master networkers effective) and the what (or the things you should be saying and not saying to make a positive impression). After this presentation, you will leave with a concrete plan that you can put into action right away.

  In this program you will learn:

• Why ditching the ‘elevator speech’ is necessary to make a lasting impression and how to do it successfully
• The 3 critical steps you must follow to actually connect with people and how understanding this will make your networking effective again
• Some new ways to build connections that last versus another database of dead leads

 Be sure to bring the following with you to the meeting:

• Plenty of business cards
• A notepad and pen or pencil

 Program presented by:

 Désirée H. Young, MBA has been dubbed the “Marketing Maven” and featured for her small business advice in publications including Home Business and Black Enterprise Magazines. Désirée is the Chief Entrepreneurial Officer of VentureWalk Business Partners, a forward-thinking business development company that takes a no-excuses approach to successfully developing, reinventing and expanding businesses and the entrepreneurs that operate them. As an in-the-trenches advisor to small business owners and groups that serve them, she helps local ventures grow into national enterprises.

 Since 2004 she has been on the front lines of the Gulf Coast helping revitalize communities through entrepreneurial thinking. She has worked with over 27 different industries including professional services, food manufacturing, advocacy, retail and everything in between.  Her clients have boasted record increases in sales, international distribution deals, national publicity and an overall sense of control over what’s happening in their organizations.