“The Richest People in the World look for and build NETWORKS, everyone else looks for work”. – Robert Kiyosaki
As a corporate
professional, expert or entrepreneur, networking is a key activity that is
often neglected by many but critical to your personal growth and business
development.
Whether you are
growing company or small business, it is all about networking, building
relationships and taking deliberate action.
Building successful businesses
take a lot of time and drive, therefore it’s always good to have a network of
friends and associates to draw energy from and keep you going.
This is where the
Young Adult Professional & Entrepreneur (YAP&E) social networking event
becomes the ‘next best thing’ to happen to your personal and professional
development.
YAP&E provides you
a fun, engaging and highly interactive platform that surrounds you with people
who share a similar drive and ambition to yours.
Generally you are more
likely to move forward as a group but that’s not the only benefit of networking
via YAP&E. In fact that’s only the beginning.
Young
adult professionals & entrepreneurs interact at a YAP&E event
“There is no elevator
to success, you have to take the stairs”
10 BENEFITS OF NETWORKING WITH YAP&E
1.
Raising awareness about you: This is an opportunity for you as an
individual, to not only tell your unique story but to sell it! Also, because
you would be telling it to at least two to three persons at a time, it is important
to remember that these are folks you probably have never met before. So
consider this the grand stage of opportunity.
2.
Sharing and solving problems: During the motions of communication you grasp
the opportunity to be a beneficiary of what your counterpart may have described
as the solution his/her business provides and vice-versa.
3.
Building strong relationships and rapport: A fun atmosphere that is calming and properly
organized really helps to get participants to relax and bond. It would surprise
you just how easy it is to connect with a supposed total stranger once a mutual
interest is identified.
Young
adult professionals & entrepreneurs interact at a YAP&E event
4.
Developing partnerships, leads and referrals: This is the big bang – collaboration. A very interesting conversation about individual interests, services and solutions
soon creates a superior energy that is the result of two or more people coming
together to create clever solutions for a greater good.
5.
Becoming more influential in your industry: Your good-naturedness alone during a
networking event could be your greatest unique selling point. In his book – The Way To The Top – Donald Trump
interviews several business gurus on ‘the best business advice they have ever
received’. And the one that stood out for me was ‘People like to work with
people they like.’ Be the likeable person and you’re on your way to the top.
6.
Increasing efficiency and productivity: When you interact with people with like
minds, one thing is sure, you learn. By hearing what others have done and
experiencing their own success, you learn where you need to improve and how to
go about it. And in so doing you enlarge your capacity for greater productivity
and better efficiency.
7.
Educate yourself on industry trends and opportunities: You remain on top of your game. You can
effortless articulate what products and or services rule the market and
properly re-position your brand in a volatile market having gleaned wise counsel
during your interaction with game changers.
Young
adult professionals & entrepreneurs interact at a YAP&E event
8.
Identifying goals: Imagine being in a networking event and your
first interaction is with an emerging competition. What better moment to
identify possible ways to better align your products and services to your
consumers without the fear of being run out of town. See your challenges as an opportunity for
growth!
9.
Increased confidence: Many people shy away from networking as
‘boring or bookish’. Roam wasn’t built in a day. It takes one networking event
after another to build confidence in ‘you’ first and then gain trust in others.
This is why you must not miss a YAP&E event! Visit www.yapande.com for more info.
10.
Great connections: YAP&E is the ideal place for all young
corporate professional, businessmen & women, experts and founders. It is a
phenomenal mix of interesting people from various fields coming together to create
a superior energy that is able to propel each person and or group into their
next level of genius!
JOIN US to
Network on the 26th of February 2015 @ Ginger Tapas & Grill,
Cosmopolitan Mall, 6A Ologun Agbaje, off Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island.
Time: 6 p.m. –
10 p.m.
For more information email pr@yapande.com or funke.shonekan@yapande.com or
visit www.yapande.com
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