After successfully launching an early alpha version of HandyElephant.com this June and gettign lots of valuable feedback, Benjamin F. Wirtz, the co-founder and entrepreneur behing HandyElephant is proudly announcing the company's first workshop techniques for Strategic Networking, which will be held on 14th September in Birmingham.


With the hype around social networks, blogs and networking, you can now establish and keep track of more contacts than ever before – but also more than you can keep track of and efficiently maintain a relationship with. While you plan your business strategy and activities, working on relationships often becomes an undirected and inefficient.


While the focus of HandyElephant is to enable individuals to
- regain an overview over their network
- realise which relationships are actually valuable to them
- spot potential to strengthen their relationships
the workshop takes the approach of applying techniques from strategy planning (which founders even use when planning their venture) to networking and social capital.

Workshop Structure and Learning Outcomes:

Introduction to Strategic Networking
- What is social capital and how does it affect Your Startup?
- Can You maintain more than 150 contacts?
Working with Strategic Techniques to plan Your Social Capital
- 5 forces in your network – Defining Your Networking Strategy
- Relationshp Portfolio – Which people offer the most value?
- Contact Analytics – Tracking Your Progress
Planning Ahead
- Choosing Networking Activities
- Using web and mobile applications to work on Your relationships

We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham !