Make Money and the Most of Your Schmoozing

Bonding Conversation™ For Booming Business:

Never Use Small Talk Again!

“Most people leave money on the table for two reasons. First, they don’t know how to take advantage of the opportunities right in front of them. Second, even if they recognize the opportunity, they don’t have the appropriate social skills to act on their insight. In business today, it’s essential to learn how to turn every opportunity into profit. “

Ellen A. Kaye, The Career and Life Coach

Overview

The business you do outside of the office can be even more important than the business done within. To excel in today’s highly competitive, media driven, global village, you must know how to:

Ø look and feel confident

Ø make the best first impression immediately

Ø build rapport quickly

Ø develop relationships

Ø create alliances

Ø maximize those hidden networking opportunities

Ø be the person who stands out and shines

Ø be the one invited back.

Brief Course Description

Dislike Small Talk? Learn how to avoid small talk at all costs. Uncomfortable entertaining for business? Discover Kaye’s Formula’s for Successful Discourse and Dining. Become more comfortable with yourself and with others because you know how to behave wherever you are. Discover how to profit from professional functions and business entertainment.

Who Should Attend

® Businesspeople who need to grow their business

® People who are uncomfortable interacting with others

® Anyone who dislikes Small Talk

® Executives who wants move quickly up the corporate ladder

® Anyone uncomfortable or awkward in groups or talking with others

You Will Learn to:

ü become more articulate and impressive

ü entertain easily

ü impress clients and colleagues with your social skills

ü maximize your business opportunities and profits by networking

ü be the person who stands out and shines

ü get invited again and again

ü entertain clients in any venue from sporting events to cultural events

From Basic to Sophisticated Skills Include:

v Learn to take command in an emergency

v Perform flawlessly at critical, high-profile events

v Successfully host memorable business functions

v Be the guest that always gets on the A-Guest list

Where?

Anywhere and everywhere.

· at business functions

· at conventions and meetings

· at cocktail parties

· at power breakfasts

· at business lunches

· at the annual Awards Banquet

· at formal functions, National Conventions, vendor parties, association galas

· at critical, high profile events

Grand Scheme Goals

You will look and feel comfortable within your own skin and in any social environment. You develop the skills, clarity and confidence to communicate your company’s message powerfully, persuasively and professionally. You become more empowered, influential and a better leader.

Participant Materials and Texts

v Maximize Your Presentation Skills: How to Speak, Look and Act on Your Way to the Top™ written by Ellen A. Kaye and published by Crown Publishing, November 2002).

v Relevant handouts and materials

Alternate Titles

Ø From Powerful First Impressions to Power Personified: The Unwritten Rules for Success™

Ø How to be Empowered, Influential and Positioned for Success™

Ø Be a Better Communicator™

Media About this Topic

v Tips On the Delicate Art of Schmoozing

v The Columbus Dispatch: Don't Be a Cowardly Lion and Miss A Golden Opportunity

v The Columbus Dispatch: Strategies Can Help You Turn a Presentation into an Order

v Selling Power Magazine: Resources for Books on Communication Skills