Power Networking: The Art of Developing Your Professional Community

Webinar Description:

Want to begin to learn How to make Networking an Art not an Accident?

During this webinar, Vern Schellenger (President & CEO of Contacts Count) will introduce you to the Contacts Count approach to networking and building relationships.

Contacts Count has researched every facet of networking and building relationships for over 25 years. Our work has resulted in the development of 8 specific competencies we use to train individuals HOW to network. Each competency has skills, behaviors, tools, and strategies that you can learn to become more confident and comfortable in the conversations you have every day.

In this session you will learn:

• What is a networker identity and how would you define your networker identity.
• How to answer the What do you question in a new and different way.
• How to use a simple story telling technique to teach others about who you and what is important to you.
• How and why, it is so important to Engage Others when having a conversation. How to ask the type of questions that have the potential to create a trust-based mutually beneficial relationship for both parties.

The Contacts Count approach to networking will build skills in the Developing Your Professional Competency segment of the ATD Capability Model:

• Communication
• Collaboration and Leadership
• Life-Long Learning

**Want to put what you learned in action!?! Be sure to sign-up for our Sip and Chat Speed Networking Event on March 22, 2024.

Receive 1 APTD/CPTD credit for this session.

About the Presenter:

Vern Schellenger is the President and CEO at Contacts Count LLC.

Vern is an accomplished Human Resources and Learning and Development professional.  He has held senior level positions both as a SVP of HR and as a Chief Learning Officer.  He has worked with organizations as diverse as Dunkin Donuts, the American Chemistry Council, the American Bankers Association and Lee Hecht Harrison.  He became a certified trainer for Contacts Count in 2006 and in 2021 bought the company.

Vern has helped numerous individuals – from undergrads to CEO’s improve their ability to build the relationships needed to improve their performance and achieve their professional goals. 

Vern holds a master’s degree in Leadership and Organizational Change from George Washington University.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vern-schellenger

And a bit more….

Sports junkie. Life-long learner. Laid-back. Career management expert. Networking thought leader. Customer service fanatic. Gym rat. Master trainer. Works hard, plays hard. Patient and Persistent. Sometimes a bit stubborn. Strategic thinker. Music-lover. Dances like nobody’s watching.

ATD Buffalo Niagara Chapter has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 1 point.