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This week’s GoalChat was on Winging It with Bobbie Carlton, Shaena Harrison, and Erin Keating. Bobbie is founder of Innovation Women, Shaena is a professional wingwoman – which inspired this topic, and Erin is founder of the Broad Collective. As you are speaking, building relationships, and showing up for yourself – and your business, the ability to “wing it” will serve you well.
The panel shared their takes on winging, networking, and so much more.
What Winging It Means
- Shaena: Facilitating intros (“Have you met___?”), rolling with situations
- Bobbie: Extroverts are more likely to wing it on stage, as opposed to introverts
- Erin: Being prepared, and being willing and ready to pivot
Why Wing It
- Bobbie: When you don’t, you miss out on opportunities
- Erin: It leaves room for serendipity
- Shaena: You get to mix improv and humor
Winging It #GoalChatLive
How to “Wing It” Better
- Bobbie: Prepare your messaging, so it comes out naturally
- Shaena: Cross facilitate introductions, put people into the right conversations; remember, though, you do not have to say “yes” to every request for a recommendation – sometimes you can just do an intro
- Erin: Know what you know, but also be ready to help others succeed; come into meetings/events with a spirit of generosity
Goals
- Erin: Rehearse – write an elevator pitch. hone your bullet points. Then, practice; lock your pitch to 1 minute and pitch it to 10 people
- Shaena: When you meet someone, after you start chatting, guess how many people you have in common on LinkedIn (Btw, I have 22 common connections with Erin, 44 with Shaena, and 334 with Bobbie)
- Bobbie: Introverts, get comfortable with public speaking
Links
- Learn more about Bobbie Carlton, Shaena Harrison, and Erin Keating
- Connect with Debra Eckerling, Bobbie Carlton, and Shaena Harrison, and Erin Keating on LinkedIn
- Subscribe to GoalChat, Taste Buds with Deb, the Book Proposal Podcast, and the MPN Meta Marketing Show
- Join the Taste Buds with Deb and Write On Online Facebook Communities
- Learn more about TheBookProposalExpert.com
- Get your copy of Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals
- Order 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting
- Sign up for Deb’s Goals Mixer and AI Party on March 18
How do you wing it? Please share in the comments.
Next Week
We are talking about Podcasting and Podcasthon with Seth Goldstein, Shel Holtz, and Kandas Rodarte. Join us on Monday, March 16, at 4pm PT, for #GoalChatLive.
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