{"product_id":"is-your-net-working-isbn-9780471615477","title":"Is Your \"Net\" Working?","description":"Is Your \"Net\" Working? A Complete Guide to Building Contacts and Career Visibility \"This book is a masterpiece on networking. If you plan to stay in business, you can't afford to be without this wonderful information.\" --Cavett Robert, CPAE, Chairman Emeritus, National Speakers Association, and President of Think People \"The purpose of business is building profitable relationships. This book gives the specific steps necessary to build a powerful network of contacts and business friends. It is a must for any success-oriented person.\" --Jim Cathcart, CPAE, author of Relationship Selling \"A must for anyone wanting to build their personal effectiveness and career options.\" --Wendy Rue, Founder and past President, National Association of Female Executives \"A practical, realistic look at the value of networking and how it can tremendously help a person's career.\" --Dave Nightingale, Vice President of Product Development, Nightingale\/Conant Corporation \"Anne Boe is a first lady of networking. This book shows you how to make networking easy, profitable, and fun.\" --Mark Victor Hansen, Chairman of Look Who's Talking Networking in the 90's and Beyond.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Information Is Power.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Is Your ?Net? Working?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Quid Pro Quo: (Or, How Useful Are You to Someone Else?).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Communicating with Effectiveness and Power.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Using Networking Referrals to Build Career Visibility.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Working from Home.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Surmounting Rejection to Develop Strong and Durable Networks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Networking for Sales and Customer Service Success.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. ANNE BOE is President and founder of Career Networks, a nationalmanagement consulting firm based in San Diego, California,specializing in custom tailoring in-house programs on communicatingfor productivity, sales effectiveness, customer service training,and networking. As a professional speaker, Ms. Boe haskeynoted\/presented to such conventions as Meeting PlannersInternational, International Customer Service Association, Councilof Logistics Management, National Speakers' Association, and TupperJubilees. She is the 1987 recipient of the Meeting Planners ChoiceSpeaker of the Year Award for the National Management Association.BETTIE B. YOUNGS, PhD, is the Executive Director of the PhoenixEducational Foundation. Dr. Youngs is a noted educator and author,a former professor of leadership and administration at San DiegoUniversity, and serves as an active consultant to public andprivate organizations throughout the world. She has published over100 articles in professional journals and is the author of a numberof best-selling books, including Stress in Children (now publishedin seven languages) and Achievement, Happiness \u0026amp; Success: ASelf-Esteem Book.  Ten years ago, networking was something you did to find a better job. Today, it’s much more than a job-hunting tool—it’s a business skill that can help you reduce your workload, increase productivity, and even lead to the start-up of other networks. Is Your \"Net\" Working? shows how to master the new rules in using key contacts to get ahead—a blueprint for increasing personal power, visibility, and career effectiveness. Written by Anne Boe, one of America’s most distinguished networking specialists, and author and management consultant, Dr. Bettie B. Youngs, Is Your \"Net\" Working? contains practical information and advice on how to develop strong networking skills, and determine whether your current networking techniques measure up. You’ll learn where to find the hottest professional networks, how to join them, how to meet the \"right people,\" and how to build a personal network of key contacts. Each chapter contains real-life case studies and exercises to give you \"hands-on\" training in the area of your network that you want to improve. Is Your \"Net\" Working? also includes special chapters on: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNetworking self-employed individuals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to network in sales and customer service, including a six-point plan for creating an ongoing network with customers or clients\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to develop a networking plan to keep track of the favors you grant and the information you give, with valuable advice on the intricacies of getting and giving job referrals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to overcome rejection\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlus—the book includes a comprehensive list of professional organizations to help you build your network\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Is Your \"Net\" Working? contains everything you need to start and run a network that will help you meet your professional and personal goals.  Is Your \"Net\" Working? A Complete Guide to Building Contacts and Career Visibility \"This book is a masterpiece on networking. If you plan to stay in business, you can’t afford to be without this wonderful information.\" —Cavett Robert, CPAE, Chairman Emeritus, National Speakers Association, and President of Think People \"The purpose of business is building profitable relationships. This book gives the specific steps necessary to build a powerful network of contacts and business friends. It is a must for any success-oriented person.\" —Jim Cathcart, CPAE, author of Relationship Selling \"A must for anyone wanting to build their personal effectiveness and career options.\" —Wendy Rue, Founder and past President, National Association of Female Executives \"A practical, realistic look at the value of networking and how it can tremendously help a person’s career.\" —Dave Nightingale, Vice President of Product Development, Nightingale\/Conant Corporation \"Anne Boe is a first lady of networking. This book shows you how to make networking easy, profitable, and fun.\" —Mark Victor Hansen, Chairman of Look Who’s Talking","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989480751333,"sku":"NP9780471615477","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471615477.jpg?v=1761784274","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/is-your-net-working-isbn-9780471615477","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}