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Tag: 4N Networking

The Arts is a serious business

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 28, 2015•0 Comment(s)

Have you ever stood up to do a talk, or been introduced to a business “suit”, and known that they don’t really take you seriously as a business leader. Even worse, have you sat with your Board (as I have)…

Tags: 4N Networking, career, Coaching, marketing, talks
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Networking – its about having a conversation with someone.

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 16, 2015•0 Comment(s)

I’ve just returned from my first “Sausages at Dawn” meeting for a few weeks. Its a chance to sit with fellow freelancers and small business entrepreneurs over breakfast (healthy or otherwise) and learn a little more about each of them.…

Tags: 4N Networking, Networking, patsy rodenburg
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Pick Me…pick me…or maybe pick yourself

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted February 17, 2015•0 Comment(s)

I’m returning to a theme I explored in my blog of 19th January “can’t get a job…make some work” inspired by some of the coaching sessions I’ve had in the last couple of days, and in preparation for the CGO…

Tags: 4N Networking, art, breakfast, Business, Coaching, creativity, seth godin
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Feeling Rubbish…How Honest Can you Be ?

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted January 27, 2015•2 Comment(s)

One of the things about networking is that you are expected to be in a really good place emotionally and business-wise when you do it. And the thing about going to speak at a conference, or lecturing in education, is…

Tags: 4N Networking, challenge, devoted and disgruntled, fear, help, Networking
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A really bad presentation… We all have bad days

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted September 30, 2014

I’ve given hundreds of presentations and even now I can have a bad “here” day. Something happens and your brain scrambles.  I started this morning with a clear idea of what I wanted to get across. A good start. A…

Tags: 4N Networking, Breathe, CGO, Presentations, Rubbish
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