Los Angeles

Network after Work at Falcon

Wednesday, February 22nd from 6:00-9:00PM

Join Network After Work on Wednesday February 22nd at Falcon Restaurant & Lounge (7213 W. Sunset Blvd.) in Hollywood from 6-9pm. Falcon will provide a unique atmosphere offering both indoor and outdoor options. This event, which takes place monthly, is for professionals of all industries and career levels interested in expanding their professional network. Events provide attendees a chance to network with 200-300 LA professionals while experiencing some of the cities best after work venues. Upon entering the event you will receive a name tag color coded by industry that will allow for easy navigation. A complimentary sponsored first cocktail and light appetizers will be provided from 6-7pm. 

Gravity Summit Social Media for Sports & Entertainment

Wednesday, February 22nd from 9:30AM-4:30PM

This Gravity Summit event will bring together an unprecedented agenda of sports & entertianment leaders and insiders to address social media marketing trends, innovations, tools and strategies now and in the future. In the 4 years we've been producing events, this will be the best yet!

More and more studios, broadcasters, sports teams, and media outlets are adopting social media.  Actors, musicians, and sports figures are beginning to manage their own social presence.  What does this mean to the current ecosystem?  How important is audience engagement in attracting and retaining fans?  What’s the role of the agent, manager, brand, and broadcaster?  We  bring together in one room, for a full day, the media, technology, sports and entertainment companies and influencers who are re-shaping the consumer experience.

Is 2012 the year of Social TV?  Will social media in sports & entertainment be able to demonstrate ROI?  What about social search, fantasy sports and social media, social gaming?  This is the conference that will help you get a jump on the market and your competitors as we all move into the “anytime, anywhere” entertainment universe.

Business Etiquette:  Communication for Business Success

Saturday, February 25th from 2:00-3:30PM

A successful business person needs to be comfortable making conversation.  Idle small talk will help break the ice and begin the conversation, but you must take the next step to transition the conversation to network and promote your business to clients and colleagues.  How you look, talk, walk sit, stank and even how you fell will always speak volumes about who you are and the impression you have on others.

In this 90 minute workshop we will cover communication in the business world.

Melissa Giovagnoli Wilson, CEO

Ever since Jocelyn and I started Networlding 10 years ago we have shared the story of our very successful start where we became #10 on Amazon, in Chicago, and held that spot for an entire year. What a lot of people don't know is how we accomplished that success and what it could mean for you and your business success, but we'll tell you so you can use the idea. First, we partnered with The Chicagoland Chamber in Chicago. 

We were members of the chamber and as such they provided us with the space we needed to host full-day bootcamps where people could go through the seven steps of Networlding. We offered those interested from the chamber and from Fast Company an option: either they could pay $350 for the full-day event and we would include the Networlding book and guidebook or they could buy the book on Amazon and pay just $50.00. It won't surprise you that the majority of people bought the book. Over the course of the first year more than 1000 professionals and business owners came through the bootcamps. 

We also found that people really enjoyed their groups and as a result, a number of people who connected a decade ago are still good friends, colleagues and even business partners. Now we are back in full swing with Networlding Circles and we're looking for people to start circles again through one of our certified facilitators or through ambassadors. If you are interested in beoming a Networlding Ambassador click here to contact us. Want to start getting better business faster today? Start your own Networlding Circle and I will join you by phone for a session! Here is all you have to do:

1. Purchase the Nano-Second Networlding book by clicking here.
2. Purchase the Networlding Guidebook by clicking here.
3. Set up a group date by contacting us by clicking here and telling me about your goals and I will help you get started.and promote it with you.
4. Use tools like LinkedIn, MeetUp, even Twitter to gather a group.
5. Read the Nano book and then start the Networlding Guidebook with your group.
6. Set up a time to bring me into your group by Skype or phone.
7. Visit with me online where I will share my twenty-plus years of wisdom helping people achieve transformational opportunities through Networlding.
8. Once you go through a group experience have participants start an extended group but continue to reconnect with your starter group to share wisdom and great connections.
9. Finally, email me (melissa@networlding.com) with your success stories. I would love to showcase you and your success!

The Networlding Guidebook is designed as a companion to author Melissa Giovagnoli and Jocelyn Carter Miller's bestselling book Networlding. While the first book provided an introduction to the overall concepts and practices of Networlding, this guidebook is intended to help you put Networlding into motion in real-time. Filled with checklists, questions and exercises to help you assess where you are in terms of your networks and the goals you hope to achieve through the implementation of Networlding, as well as a month-by-month action plan to roll out the process, The Networlding Guidebook is a fun, practical and easy-to-understand resource that helps you transform relationships from a pipeline to opportunities to a lifeline in our new world of work.

The Nano Networlders Book. It Only Takes a Second to Change Your Life Forever. Do you wish to surround yourself with people of like-minded values but struggle to find them? Are you experiencing a variety of 'takers' in your life, and spending all your energies defending yourself or your department or your company? The Nanosecond Networlders show us that there are compelling new solutions to some of the most vexing cross-cultural, career, and organizational business issues we face today. These solutions recognize that every decision is made in a split-second, and that although we often deliberate for months, the moment of commitment is the moment that counts. Making that commitment in a way that is firmly rooted in recognized individual core values is the key. No one can remove those barriers alone. This book shows us how to participate in an 'exchange' of ideas, values, and solutions to break through to our true potential-by leveraging the limitless possibilities inherent in every conversation we have.