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This is a video from the most recent Personal Branding UK meetup where Malcolm Levene did a taster session of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and a few other topics. See what you think!
Related: JCI London Chamber of Commerce Personal Branding Taster [Slides].
We recently gave a taster Personal Branding from the Inside Out seminar for JCI London, at the London Chamber of Commerce. As our workshops are normally full-day and in this instance we only had 90 minutes, we had to focus in on a few bits of content relevant to the audience at JCI.
If you haven’t heard of JCI, it’s is a volunteer network for people in their 20s and 30s. Run by its own members, it is nearly 100 years old and exists in more than 100 countries. Many of those who have ‘graduated’ from JCI have become great leaders, famous alumni are Bill Clinton, John F Kennedy, Kofi Annan and half of the Japanese parliament (Big in Japan in other words).
Both Malcolm and me had a great time and hope to see plenty of JCIers at our Personal Branding workshops in future. Here is a summary of the slides we used for the presentation:
Personal Branding Taster Seminar at JCI London Chamber of Commerce
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Welcome to another instalment of the Personal Branding UK meetup on the 17th of April at Hodge, Jones and Allen in London! This time we will be covering Emotional Intellingence and how you can use it to increase your influencing skills.
A recurring question that comes up in our full day training sessions is 'how is it that some people are really charismatic?'. Malcolm Levene will tell us how anyone can become charismatic using Emotional Intelligence correctly.
With emotional intelligence in place, you can improve relationships and your reputation measurably. You’ll also be able to convey charisma. We will demonstrate through exercises how you can test your level of awareness and how to increase this and make a noticeable change in your life.
This session will be interactive and we encourage you to prepare questions and fire them off on the night.
The meetup will be co-presented by Jorgen Sundberg and Malcolm Levene of Personal Branding from the Inside Out.
Places are limited, be sure to RSVP now to secure yours.
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Welcome to another instalment of the Personal Branding UK meetup on the 29th of February at Ablestoke Consulting in London! This time we will be covering social networking and personal branding.
A recurring question that comes up in our full day training sessions is 'how can I use social media to boost my personal brand?'. We will look at a number of strategies and tactics that have worked well for us and others.
This session will be interactive and we encourage you to prepare questions and fire them off on the night.
The meetup will be co-presented by Jorgen Sundberg and Malcolm Levene of Personal Branding from the Inside Out.
Jorgen and Malcolm met on Twitter => proof that this stuff actually works!
Places are limited, be sure to RSVP now to secure yours.
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Social media sites are often advertised as a place where you can socialize with friends, family and acquaintances. Nobody ever thought they’d find purpose in background checks! But then more and more recruiters and employers are using these sites as a valuable tool when screening potential employees. So if you’re currently looking for a job, seeking a promotion or jumping into a different career, then you may want to be wary of what your online profiles contain.
Some of the things you post may seem harmless or even funny to you but without context, it can project a different image of you to a very calculating recruiter. You may not be aware of it, but here are a few things that your online persona can say about you:
If you only have two friends on your Facebook account (i.e. your parents) then you may not be considered a good candidate in sales or marketing as this involves a lot of human interaction On the other hand, if you have a lot of followers or friends, you can be perceived as sociable. However, pictures of yourself hanging out with a biker gang or on unruly drunken night outs with your buddies may show that while you’re fun to be with, you may not exactly be the serious type.
Straight laced or rock star?
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Everyone has a personal brand. Do you know what yours conveys to potential employers? When your name is Googled, what comes up? If you haven’t given much thought to your personal brand, here are a few ways to start building it:
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