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Networking Introductions Use one at each meeting & mix it up!

 

10 SECONDS OR LESS

Name, local & office(s) held

Name & years in BPW

Name, company & position

 

30 SECONDS OR LESS

Name, something new or no one knows about you

Name, current goal you are working on

Name and current project or cause you are passionate about

SGS – Services and Goods Sharing (I have a one bedroom apartment to rent, I need business cards printed)

Have -to giveaway, lend, rent or sell

Need – goods or services

 

60 SECOND

Name and promotion (elevator speech)

Name and brag

Name and homework report

 

Homework:  Keep it simple, keep it interesting, keep it fun

 

  • Shake hands with male family members and report back (firm or obsequious)
     
  • Practice your 60 second networking pitch (elevator speech) on family/friends & get feedback
  • Tell at least 10 other people about proper nametag placement 
  • Create new networking introduction modes (local submits to state web link for posting)
  • Brainstorm at least one contribution to one of the ideas pages (local submits to state for posting)
  • Memorize the collect
  • Create a fun BPW quiz (submit to state for posting)
  • Attend another organizations meeting to promote BPW and note what they are doing
  • Perform a random act of kindness
  • Catch a difficult co-worker/client/family member doing something right & give a sincere deserved compliment
  • Clip a newspaper article about a prominent woman or woman’s issue
  • Call a BPW member you don’t know well and chat for ten minutes
  • Visit another BPW members business 
  • Ask for help
  • Graciously accept a compliment
  • Make one referral or promotion for another BPW member
  • List the thing you like most about your local and the top thing you would like to see changed
  • Attend a civic, school, church, etc. meeting and take notes on the parliamentary process used
  • Vote in your election
  • Stop watching tv for a day, week, or month (how much extra did you accomplish?)
  • Set a realistic goal to accomplish by next meeting
  • Take an alternate mode of transportation at least once to/from work or next meeting (walk, bike, bus, carpool)
  • Do something green at work or home (recycle cans, cut shower time in half, etc.)
  • Make a bucket list
  • Go a day without makeup 
  • Wear your PBW lapel pin to work one day (share with anyone who asks about it and invite her to a meeting)
  • Write down a favorite easy recipe and get one from a friend (make a BPW cookbook)
  • Make an overdue apology or restitution; right a wrong
  • Prepare a 60 second influential speech about a favorite something (sudoko, knitting, skiing, author, movie, pet)
  • What’s your personal motto
  • What’s the best or most difficult interview question you were ever asked 
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