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Speaker: Stephanie Ward

Stephanie Ward, owner of Firefly Coaching

The amount knowledge and wisdom within the EPWN group is deep and wide. Speed networking is a great way to extract it and share it.

Think about all of the ideas, information, and contacts that each person in the network has. Imagine how much we can help each other and what kind of opportunities we will be able to create by meeting face-to-face and exchanging our knowledge.

In one evening of Speed Networking you will have the opportunity to meet between 10-13 people and exchange ideas, information, and resources. Brings loads of business cards, you are going to need them!

In preparation for the event, please think about:

1. A very brief introduction of yourself
2. What you have to offer people in the network
3. What you need from people in the network

What happens after the event is just as important as the actual event itself. Be prepared to follow through with the connections you make. Relationships are built over time and based on trust. Keeping your commitments goes a long way to building trust.

If you’d like to know more, check out this review from one of the attendees of a previous EPWN speed networking event: http://tinyurl.com/le6l5w.

This Speed Networking event will be hosted by Stephanie Ward, owner of Firefly Coaching, who is passionate about helping business owners attract more clients and build successful businesses! Stephanie is the Marketing Coach for Entrepreneurs who want to set their profits on fire. You can get a copy of her free special report, 7 Steps to Attract More Clients in Less Time, plus monthly business building tips at http://www.fireflycoaching.com.

She is also the author of the book, No Sweat Networking: Simple Solutions to Overcome Networking Obstacles which can be purchased at No Sweat Networking.

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00.
The program begins at 20:00.

Registration and Guest Policy: Registration is required for members (no charge) and guests (guests are welcome at a cost of 25 Euro which includes snacks and drinks). Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year. Please contact Caroline van Leuven, our VP Membership.

Speaker: Stephanie Ward

The amount of knowledge and wisdom within the EPWN group is deep and wide. Speed networking is a great way to extract and share it.

Think about all of the ideas, information, and contacts that each person in the network has. Imagine how much we can help each other and what kind of opportunities we will be able to create by meeting face-to-face and exchanging our knowledge.

In one evening of Speed Networking you will have the chance to meet between 10-13 people and exchange ideas, information, and resources. Bring loads of business cards, you’re going to need them!

In preparation for the event, please think about:
1. A very brief introduction of yourself
2. What you have to offer people in the network
3. What you need from people in the network

This Speed Networking event will be hosted by Stephanie Ward, owner of Firefly Coaching, who is passionate about helping business owners build successful businesses!

If you’d like to know more, check out this review from one of the attendees of a previous EPWN speed networking event: http://tinyurl.com/le6l5w. Stephanie Ward is the Marketing Coach for Entrepreneurs who want to set their profits on fire. You can get a copy of her free special report, 7 Steps to Attract More Clients in Less Time, plus monthly business building tips at http://www.fireflycoaching.com.

She is also the author of the book, No Sweat Networking: Simple Solutions to Overcome Networking Obstacles which can be purchased at http://www.nosweatnetworking.com.

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00.
The program begins at 19:45 at the Renaissance Hotel Amsterdam (Katengat 1).

Registration & Guest Policy: Registration is required for members (no charge) and guests (guests are welcome at a cost of 25 Euro which includes snacks and drinks). Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year. Please contact Caroline van Leuven, our VP Membership.

SPECIAL NOTE:

If you’re having trouble with the payment process – there has been a law change in France with respect to on line banking.  We are using a new “3D” system that must be supported by your browser and by your bank.  If for any reason you have difficulties with registration, please email Anna Farrenkopf <social@europeanpwn-amsterdam.net> and I’ll help the folks in Paris with debugging and/or you with your particular issue.

Back due to popular demand!

You’re a busy person. The people who walk by you each day are most likely saying the same thing about themselves. Do you think you don’t have time to network? Think again. Can you afford not to?

Everyone and everything is demanding our time and there is little to no down time these days. As a result, there is often little to no time to build new relationships. Those same people you pass by each day are often in the same position. How are the “lucky people” becoming so successful at growing their businesses?

Once in a while, they have created the best thing since sliced bread. For most of us, that is not the case and we are in tough competition to win business. By not widening your spheres of influence for new contacts and relationships, you might be severely reducing your chances for your advancement, sales, ventures, partnerships, sales pipeline and success.

It has been estimated that the average person knows 250 people who each know another 250 people. That’s a great pipeline and a way to identify new spheres of influence to build contacts and relationships. Events such as speed networking give you an excellent opportunity to efficiently and effectively build your pipeline of connections andtarget your desired industries.

While networking online has its advantages, nothing can replace a face-to-face meeting with a handshake. The knowledge and wisdom within the EuropeanPWN group is immense and speed networking is a great way to extract it. To that end, speed networking puts you in a position to quickly learn about an individual and allows you to make an initial assessment of whether or not you would like to pursue a relationship.

Finally, within 60 or 90 minutes of speed networking, you will have the opportunity to meet 10 to 15 business professionals. If you do your math right, you will realize that you could build a substantial pipeline of connections off one event and eventually become one of those “lucky people”.

So, please join us on November 19th between 7.00 -10.00pm at the Holiday Inn Hotel located on De Boelelaan 2, 1083 HJ, Amsterdam in for what promises to be a novel evening with our host, Stephanie Ward, from Firefly Coaching, who is passionate about helping business owners build successful businesses and a great networker herself! Stephanie will be sharing her expertise and practical experience whilst acting as our host throughout the evening.

You can get a copy of her free special report, “7 Steps to Attract More Clients in Less Time”, plus monthly business building tips at her website. http://www.fireflycoaching.com

I’d dropped out of the organization for a few years, but when I heard that business coach extraordinaire, Stephanie Ward, was facilitating a networking evening, I had to register for it. It was fabulous! In fact, I was so impressed by the event and attendees, I immediately renewed my membership.

If you weren’t there, here’s what you missed:

A total of 37 people (including one man, a guest of Karen Lopez) participated in Speed Networking: Creating a Wisdom Wildfire! on January 23rd at the Holiday Inn on the Boelelaan in Amsterdam. The event lived up to Stephanie’s claims that everyone has the time to network successfully, regardless of their busy schedule.

Seated on both sides of long tables, participants played ‘musical chairs’, moving one seat to the left every six minutes to face someone new. A bell chimed at three-minute intervals to keep us aware of the allotted time. In Stephanie’s introduction to speed networking, she advised us: introduce yourself, tell what you have to offer and what kind of help you need. This formula worked perfectly. It’s remarkable how much information two people can exchange within six minutes, when focused.

I’m no stranger to speed networking, having attended some sessions in the past through my designer organizations. Of course, it was helpful to network with people in my own field. This event was considerably more exciting, because the EPWN attendees come from a wide diversity of professions, making it possible to bring many more viewpoints into play. I exchanged information, contacts and suggestions with eleven women, including a molecular biologist, an attorney, a voice coach, a tax manager, a stress counselor and other fascinating professionals. Wow! Where else would I have the opportunity to meet and pick the brains of such a variety of people?

I made great connections, and think I managed to give good suggestions and leads to a few people. After all, it’s about sharing; giving knowledge as well as getting it. Networking also took place before and after the event. I did my best to meet as many people as I could, and have several pages of notes and a large collection of business cards to peruse.

In the past 20-plus years that I’ve been involved with the Amsterdam network, I’ve made very useful contacts and discovered lasting friendships. It is rumored that attendees were so enthusiastic about this particular event, that it may be repeated on a regular basis. If so, I will certainly attend, and encourage all who were not present to sign up for the next speed networking evening. It was a very rewarding experience.