creating connections: make it personal

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Creating Connections networking exercise from the March 2013 Bay Area Consultants Network (BACN) meeting. Elevator pitches are about as exciting as elevators. Share something personal: where you went to high school and something very few people know about you.

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Page 1: Creating Connections: Make It Personal
Page 2: Creating Connections: Make It Personal

BACN www.bacnetwork.com

• People connect to people, not to business

cards.

• Elevator pitches are as exciting as elevators

are.

• You gain interest by being interesting.

Page 3: Creating Connections: Make It Personal

BACN www.bacnetwork.com

• Where you were born, went to High School or college.

AND

• Two things about you that very, very few people know. Make them as personal as you feel comfortable.

Page 4: Creating Connections: Make It Personal

BACN www.bacnetwork.com

• I’m Michael North

• Went to Dublin High School and Cal State Hayward

• I was born with clubbed feet. I have had over 200 stitches and wore corrective shoes until I was in High School

• I love hats. I am down to under 50 now. I have had over 100. I get them, wear them awhile and then donate them. I have hats from 4 continents.