Monday, February 19, 2007

Paris Networking: Your Bio:The Ultimate Networking Tool. Bernadette Martin.Brand Strategy Wed 7 Feb

PARIS NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Wednesday 7 February At 18h30

The Ultimate Networking Opportunity. Great Food And Wine. Conviviality. Meet Other Nice People Who Have Things In Common With You. Speaker in English or French and English After the Cocktail. You Always Meet New And Interesting People!

MAKE CONTACTS: FOR BUSINESS, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SELF-DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALIZING.

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Our Guest of Honor:

Bernadette Martin
Brand Strategist

Writing Your Bio - The Ultimate Networking Tool

The bio has many purposes and can be used in these situations: following a networking event and meeting a key person, you send a follow-up email with your bio attached. A resume might be too heavy (overload), and a bio is easier to read and “digestible”. A second possible scenario…. send your bio in advance of an initial meeting with an individual where you want to set the stage. This can save a lot of time, as once you do meet, you can “cut to the chase”. A third use of the bio is to post on association, club, alumni, company, and personal sites. There are many more ways to use the bio which can even be sent with your resume to round it out and “soften” the edges. My personal opinion is that the bio is a key element in your brand tool kit…..a “must have”. Bios are my area of expertise. I have helped many clients write their bios and tell their story in a compelling way.

Bernadette Martin is a multi-lingual Brand Strategist with a 15 year career working in various aspects of brand management. This profession has taken her to Asia, Europe and the U.S. where she has held positions in corporate, agency and academic environments. A move to Paris in 2002 coincided with a transition from corporate branding to personal branding where her clients are entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and individuals in career transition. She helps clients develop their professional and personal brand whether in a verbal, written or online context. Bernadette has worked with more than 200 clients developing their brand positioning, messaging and image. Her emerging consulting practice is Visibility Branding; Please visit: www.visibilitybranding.com

ADDRESS:

Chez Patricia: 13 rue de Mulhouse, 75002 Paris. Metro: Sentier (line 3). Take the rue des Petits Carreaux exit (very important). Cross rue Reamur. The street on the left should be rue des Petits Carreaux. Walk 2 blocks up on rue des Petits Carreaux. You’ll face an HSBC branch . (There’s CafĂ© HonorĂ© on the right). That’s rue de Clery. Make a short left (30 seconds) onto rue de Clery and then immediately a right onto rue de Mulhouse. Map and other directions with reservation.

PARTICIPATION:
15 Euros in an envelope and lots of business cards (one for Patricia. Some to exchange with others). (Please bring a pen and paper to this presentation, for note taking.)

GREAT FOOD & WINE

RESERVATIONS PLEASE
Patricia's Tel: 01 43 26 12 88
E-mail: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

PARIS SOIREES DINNERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 18h30.
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(Patricia Laplante-Collins created Paris Soirees Dinners on Sunday and Paris Networking Cocktail events on Wednesday on the Ile St Louis to bring Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community in a global meet-up. Evenings feature Literary, Art, New Age, Business, African-American and Black Paris themes presented in English. There is an intimate salon atmosphere and the focus is on meeting people in Paris and creating friendships. Patricia is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees.)

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Patricia Laplante-Collins
13, rue de Mulhouse , 75002 Paris, France
Tel: 33 1 43 26 12 88

Email: parissoirees@gmail.com

Web site: http://www.parissoirees.com

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