What if you\u2019d rather jump into a cage of hungry lions wearing a meat suit than wade into a room full of strangers?<\/p>\n
We\u2019re taught networking is important, but few of us are taught to do it well. For many people, networking causes real social anxiety, discomfort, and even distress.<\/p>\n
In Lunching with Lions, Katherine shares the strategies she used to go from being terrified of networking to founding one of Denver\u2019s leading women\u2019s networking groups and becoming an influencer in the women\u2019s entrepreneurship community.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll learn how to:<\/p>\n
Best of all, you\u2019ll get strategies and tools to build your networking muscle and help you overcome your fears.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t have to be in every group, attend every meeting, shake every hand, or collect every card. KP shows you how to choose the right groups and connections to help reach your personal and professional goals in a way that feels good and gets the results you want.<\/p>\n
Here’s what some recent audience members have said about “Lunching with Lions: How to Survive and Thrive at Networking”:<\/p>\n
*** “just wanted to let you know I have been thinking about your presentation all day and told so many people about it! The cool kids part stuck with me and has made me really think about what I\u2019m doing.”
\nKendall Prine<\/p>\n
*** Thank You for an excellent presentation at Polka Dot last night. I loved your energy and your information – very valuable. I can’t believe I’d never thought of some of your finer points about networking and about the cost of networking! You are the type of woman I want in my tribe! Thank you!”
\nTonya Mecum<\/p>\n
*** You were AMAZING Katherine McGraw Patterson! That is actually the first thing I did this morning was really evaluate my networking and the impact I want to make. You\u2019re amazing sister!”
\nStephanie Schoolmeester<\/p>\n
*** A timely message at today\u2019s meeting helped me to organize my time and energy at this expo. Thank you, Katherine McGraw Patterson, for your reminder to identify and focus on the people and situations which are most likely to be potential clients or otherwise build my business. \ud83c\udf1f
\nI stopped at tables which appeared to match and had lively, interesting conversations without rushing. I made lots of great connections! ”
\nAnne Moriarty<\/p>\n
This presentation is based on Katherine\u2019s recently-published book, \u201cLunching with Lions: Strategies for the Networking-Averse” which was endorsed by Ivan Misener, founder of BNI (the world’s largest professional networking organization) and New York Times best-selling author, who said “Lunching with Lions will help you overcome networking fears with insight and awareness. Katherine shares her own journey of overcoming her aversion to networking to subsequently leading one of Denver\u2019s fastest-growing professional networks for women business owners. She encourages business owners to approach networking like everything else in their organization \u2013 by setting concrete goals, creating actionable strategies, and tracking their results. People will be using this book as a tool to expand their networks for a long time. “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What if you\u2019d rather jump into a cage of hungry lions wearing a meat suit than wade into a room full of strangers? We\u2019re taught networking is important, but few of us are taught to do it well. For many people, networking causes real social anxiety, discomfort, and even distress. In Lunching with Lions, Katherine … <\/p>\n