Main thoughts from the networking seminar

As you might now we had a seminar focused on networking two weeks ago.
A diverse set of speakers, some 20 alumni and an open discussion which continued after the seminar in a restaurant.

The speakers preparing for the discussion

The audience during the event...

...and afterwards

It is hard to collect and share all ideas mentioned, however I tried to put some of them on a poster-like picture. I hope you will find them useful and benefit from them. Just click on the picture to enlarge it.

Main ideas

I believe the networking issue is an interesting yet ambiguous one and therefore learning something new about it is just useful. Therefore I collected five articles you may want to read (with my short comments in brackets).

1. 10 Tips for Successful Business Networking (maybe too general but useful, especially when you are just about to start thinking about real networking)
2. 7 Tips for Networking (seven simple and common sense tips for networking during an event - I like this and the following article most from this selection)
3. Networking for Introverts: 3 Tips for Success (being rather an introvert myself this article made me feel a bit more confident when it comes to networking)
4. 4 Networking Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making (very, very simple - but always good to keep in mind)
5. 7 Reasons Networking Can Be a Professional Development Boot Camp (go directly to page two to finad the reasons - no top tips but still quite useful)

I would like to thank to all speakers (Andrea Kralova, Zdenek Rudolsky, Jan Maly and Richard Hansko) for their contribution as well as to Honza Kubik and Thomson Reuters who provided the room for discussion and provided refreshment during as well as after the event.

We are looking forward to other professionally oriented events.

Vojtech