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Francis Wade

Framework Consulting

High-Stake InterventionsJune 20, 2008

UTECH CEODL

Exploding YourCaribbean Network

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Who You Know - Always Been ImportantWho You Know - Always Been Important

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You Want to Grow and Assure Your Future

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• Times are toughfor us here inJamaica

• The Caribbean is

shrinking, and weare wide open for business

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A Network Beyond the Boundaries

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Who is the kind of person that can build

a quality networkanywhere?

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Why? : To ensure theWhy? : To ensure the

safety of your careersafety of your career

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Being Different

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Don’t Follow the “Research”

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Be careful of

“ ”

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Natural ApproachNatural Approach

A Passion for What You DoA Passion for What You Do

vs. What You Are “Good At”vs. What You Are “Good At”

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Experiment

Say “Yes” Be openSearch for passion

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Caribbean-ize Your Career

GDP per country

Jamaica

Barbados

TrinidadGuyana

Source: The CIA World Factbook 2005

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Source: The CIA World Factbook 2005

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A “Miami Mind”

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The “Small Islands”

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Safety:Safety:

being passionatebeing passionate

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Create Opportunities to Learn

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“Networking” ?

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Outgoing, Confident, Pretty

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Be authentic

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Introspection:

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Not Me

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Who You KnowWho You Know

Who You Are -- Could you become an expert?

Cricket

Catholicism

Cooking

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Networking?Networking? 2. Write2. WriteAbout ItAbout It

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Beyond email…

• Blog ($0) • E-zine ($0)

• E-group ($0) • E-book ($0)

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An e-group

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An e-book

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An e-zine

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A blog

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More!

• Skype ($0)

• MagicJack (US$50)

• The next thing

(US$?)

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06/23/08 Hi h-Stake Interventions. 35Planning Your Next Vacation / Business Trip?

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To Enjoy Yourself, Your Work, Your Colleagues

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Explode Your Network

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Make “net-friends” - the only way

Not your neighbours• Or your colleagues

• Or your pen-pals

•Or your high-school friends

• Or your customers

• Or your clients

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A Caribbean distrustof “people

whose face I can’tsee”

A Scare

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Devon SmithSharon Brown Kingston“Michael Chin” Ardenne“Andrew Singh“ Framework

A Scare

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E fi d “ thi ” b t

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Everyone can find “something” about you

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Creating a

Self-Portrait“On-Purpose”

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Stay in Touch

• Send updates• New content you have developed

• Ask after people and share something

personal• Send greeting cards and remember birthdays

• Blend personal and social lives

___________

$$$

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Principles for Exploding Your Network

• Find net-friends

• Stay in touch with them

• Ask for referrals

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Simply the best tool - $(0)

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A Glimpse at My Network

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Li k d i lt ti

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Linked in - an alternative

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Online Demo

Email your friends and

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Email your friends and

ask who they know thatlikes to talk about

_________________

Google people across theregion who are interested

in _________________

Find or start an onlinediscussion group on _________________

Sign up for Skype so you

can talk for free about ____________ ____

Email your friends andask who they know that

likes to talk about __

cricket ___

Google people across theregion who are interested

in __cricket _____

Find or start an onlinediscussion group on

__cricket _______

Sign up for Skype so youcan talk for free about

__ cricket ____


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No network = no safety

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No network = no safety

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06/23/08 Hi h-Stake Interventions. 62Become someone who can build a network anywhere

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