Developing your interpersonal network is essential if you have a creative career, as the market is mainly hidden.
Phase(s)
Pre-Production
Subject
Sources of support
Target groups
Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions
Sectors
for all sectors, photography, visual and graphic arts, music, webdesign, dance, media, performing arts
Level of experience
for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced
Prerequisites
A clearly defined project
Comments
Our training session "Clarifying one's professional project" could be useful if you need to define more precisely your project. This module doesn't detail the usage of online social networks.
Description
The concerns regarding the development of one's network are manyfold: who to contact, how to manage the bulk of potential contacts, how to approach certain people, how to promote your activities, which communication channels should be used, how to sell without selling out? This training suggests concrete ways to efficienlty widen and maintain your network.
Content
- Definition and advantages of interpersonal networking
- Evaluation and self-diagnosis: who is currently part of your network?
- The networking strategy: unavoidable actors
- Maintaining your network
- Developing necessary social skills
Method
Active methodology, putting the accent on the participants' inputs and giving them the possibility to exchange among peers. Presentation by the trainer as an expert of that field.
Objectives
- To know how to develop your professional network on a daily basis
- To acquire basic tools to maintain your network in a sustainable way
- To be able to "sell without selling" your own projects
Results
- To be able to develop your professional network and to know how to maintain your network in a sustainable way
Resources
- bibliography
- Basic equipment (computer, video projector, flipchart, wifi)
Evaluations
Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (paper and online versions exist)
Support material
Powerpoint, Documents distributed to the participants
Other related recommended resources
- Our training "Social networks as professional tools" is complementary to this one.
- Infosheet "How to find a partnership?"
- evaluation available
Duration
7 h
Participants
up to 15
Course language(s)
Français, English
Past track experience
since 2011
Trainer
Michel Seifert
Organisation
SMartBEContact
Sophie YpersielTested
under the project
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