by Judith Perle | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
Just before the first lockdown, I attended a workshop called ‘Networking for Introverts’. Little did I realise how quickly, and how completely, that title would gain in relevance. But I attended, not out of prescience, but because the claim that “I just can’t network;...
by Judith Perle | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Conversation is fundamental to all human interaction (networking included, of course). We’ve all met people who tell you all about themselves in response to your questions but never return the compliment by asking about you. Not your favourite person, I’m sure. In...
by Judith Perle | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
Doing a little ‘housekeeping’ on a rainy Friday afternoon, I came across a gem of a story, hidden in a (very) old email. I had obviously meant to share it at the time, and got side-tracked. A workshop participant pointed me in the direction of an episode of BBC Radio...
by Judith Perle | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Some meetings have practical outcomes: an introduction, perhaps even a new client. Other outcomes are a little vaguer. That was the case when I had coffee with a senior member of the alumni team at the University of London. She mentioned, in passing, something called...
by Judith Perle | Sep 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
I’m often asked at workshops: How big should my network be? And in the past, I tended to reply somewhat sarcastically: How long is a piece of string? In other words, if you ask a silly question, you get a silly answer. But on reflection, the question isn’t quite so...
by Judith Perle | Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorised
I’m used to running workshops for relatively small groups, and I’ve also delivered masterclasses to all sorts of audiences, both large and small. But there’s something distinctive about a book event – and when that book is your own, the event becomes even more...
