Beth Bridges
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Beth Bridges, The Networking Motivator (tm) Expert
Beth Bridges Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- business networking
- Career Focus
- speaker, author
- Affiliation
- large West Coast chamber of commerce, EzineArticles.com Expert Author
As the Membership Director and Chief Networking Officer of a large West Coast chamber of commerce, Beth Bridges has been to more than 2,100 business networking events in the last 7 ½ years.
As “The Networking Motivator™” and creator of the Five Part Networking Success Plan™ she has spoken to thousands of job seekers, small business owners and network marketers, helping them fuel their own networking motivation and creating their own successful networking strategy.
She has written more than 130 articles on business networking and networking events and publishes a weekly newsletter. Her Networking Motivator Facebook page provides daily business networking tips, along with a place for new and experienced networkers to meet and share ideas.
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Networking Tips: How to Feel Comfortable Meeting Complete Strangers at a Business Networking Event
If you are new to networking, one of the most difficult things to do is introduce yourself to complete strangers. We grew up being told, "don't talk to strangers." Most of us aren’t going to physically fear strangers at a business networking event, we may feel very awkward approaching someone we've never met. Even though we’re all ostensibly there to meet new people, we can still have a conce that we are going to be rejected.
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Get Closer to Business Networking Success by Hurdling Your Personal Obstacles
Networking is like so many things in our lives - exercise, eating more fiber and less fat, quitting cigarettes, saving money, writing goals - that we know are not only good for us, but are the keys to success. We know because we've occasionally done them enough to see and feel results, but we didn't keep up with it. Or we've seen our friends doing these things and enjoying great health. Or we've seen the news articles about the studies that prove these things are beneficial.
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