Networking

The first time you ever passed out a business card you became a part of business networking history. And even though networking today is a burgeoning trend, business networking has a long and rich history that began with tradecards.

Tradecards, preceded business cards, and were used in all parts of England.

"The earliest forms of tradecards were to be found at the beginning of the 17th century in London. These were used as advertising and also as maps, directing the public to merchant's stores, as there was no formal street numbering system at the time." More history...

And so, as tradecards evolved into business cards, methods, for distributing them evolved as well. Joe Girard, the self-proclaimed, "World's greatest salesperson" may have been the first to up the networking ante by tossing out hundreds of his car salesmen cards at sporting events.

Since that time, Joe has moved on from selling cars to selling himself, and much has changed. Today, networking groups are all the rage. Books on the how-tos of networking are ubiquitous like CEO Space Graduate Jill Lublin's Networking Magic, a Barnes and Noble Best Seller.

But even with loads of networking tips and tricks and groups that are totally focused on networking, most people do not consider themselves to be good networkers. In fact, from our informal surveys, we have found that fewer than one out of ten actually consider themselves to be good at this most important business skill.

All CEO Space events are perfect for the 9 out of 10 who believe themselves to be inadequate networkers. CEO Space gives networking a new face with a sincere cooperative philosophy. This new way of participating in the buisness world empowers everyone to receive the resources that they most need next.

Even the world's worst networker can't help but hit the target when others seek them out to discover what they can do to help.

Next imagine 400 or 500 people coming to you with the same sincere question, "What do YOU need next?" That's exactly what happens at a CEO Space Retreat Week.

Held 5 times a year, (almost always in Los Angeles) the Retreat Weeks are working examples of accelerated success in a genuine give and receive environment. Everyone in attendance is pre-trained for cooperation and then that pre-space training is reinforced every day by the incredible instructors and staff that serve attendees.

Just try to duck out without getting a boat load of contacts and resources, and you will likely find yourself the center of attention. CEO Space is truly a community that judges itself by the success of its least likely CEO. The result for all, is a depth of resources that insures future success in all endeavors as a member of CEO Space.

The CEO Space motto is simple and sincere, "We won't stop until you win!"

That's the CEO Space way and that's successful networking for the networking impaired.

Gale Connell

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