Andy Lopata

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

It’s Who Knows You

Participants will learn:

• Why Networking is important both for business or career development.
• How to manage their personal brand and what people say about their business.
• The importance of mentor and peer group support.
• How a strong network can help achieve more effective results with a lower cost of sale.
• The power of Six Degrees of Separation and how to connect with anyone through your network.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

Bigger Than You – The Hidden Power of Your Network

Whatever you think about your abilities, and whatever you’d like other people to think, you will achieve so much more in your career , in you role and for you business if you’re open to the support of others. Yet, unfortunately, whether because of time pressure, the need to save face or sheer lack of focus, very few of us achieve anywhere near the level of success that our network could help us reach.

This session is designed to help you change that. Over the course of this presentation, we look at:

• Why we don’t like to let anyone help us.
• The importance of a trusted network and where to find it.
• When and where to share.
• The role of mentors and sponsors.
• Mastermind groups.
• How networks can give us key business intelligence.
• Innovation and creating new ideas with the help of our network.
• The support offered through online networks.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

How NOT to get Referrals

• With growing competition and more demands on budgets, it’s becoming harder and harder to win new business. Yet still so many sales people leave potential new revenues untapped and unexplored.
• The reason is very simple. Across a range of industries, referral strategies range from tired and predictable to passive to simply non-existent. A large number of sales people and business owners become complacent when it comes to referrals and simply expect them to appear. Networking is still treated as a skill, not a core business strategy. Where referrals do exist they tend to be lazy, poorly timed and ineffective.
• In this talk, Andy will share with you the key mistakes he sees practiced by so many unsuccessful companies time and time again. The mistakes that ensure that they don’t get anywhere near as many referrals as they should.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

Connected Leadership

Why is networking relevant to top leaders? How can you make a difference by connecting with key employees, stakeholders, influencers and others?

Andy interviewed a number of top leaders on why networking is so important to them and in this presentation he shares their thoughts, combined with his experience of the power of networks.

What You Will Learn:

• The role networking plays in successful businesses.
• How to identify your brand as a leader.
• Why your values need to be congruent with the values of your organisation.
• How your network can communicate your brand and your values.
• The importance of mentoring.
• The role of strategic alliances.
• How your network can keep you in tune with that is happening in your company, in your industry and beyond.
• The importance of long term relationships.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

Make the Room Work for You

Does the word ‘networking’ simply leave you cold? Do you avoid all networking opportunities if you possibly can?

When you go along to a networking event, do you find yourself standing on your own, talking to your work colleagues and watching the time wondering when you can leave?

A session that focuses on some of the key skills which make networking so much more effective… and enjoyable.

What you will learn:

• What is Networking?
• Overcoming fear of a room full of strangers.
• Who to approach.
• Moving on.
• What do you talk about?
• Exchanging business cards.
• Leaving the elevator pitch on the ground floor.
• Following up.
• How to build and develop relationships.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

Being Social – Navigating the Online Networking Jungle

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Instagram..

• The list is seemingly endless. Every day new social networking sites are formed and invitations to create another profile appear in our inboxes. In a world where digital communications mean ever growing demands on our time, how do we decide which social networks we should join, and how can we possibly justify the time needed to use then effectively?
• In his talk Andy will share a simple approach to deciding which online networks are right for you and how to decide just what role they will play in your business or career.
• Online networking offers so much more than sharing a picture of your latest cup of tea. With the right degree of focus they can be a fantastic business tool, offering valuable shortcuts, answers, brand building and introductions.
• But without a clear idea of why you should engage with them you might as well just have a break and a cuppa.

Keynote by Speaker Andy Lopata

How to Use LinkedIn as a Referral Tool

Social media has exploded in popularity as a business tool in recent years and LinkedIn has been at the heart of that explosion. A large number of business people now have profiles on LinkedIn, but how many truly understand how to use it effectively?

What will you learn

• Where the power of LinkedIn really lies.
• How to put together an effective profile to attract key prospects.
• Who you and shouldn’t connect to.
• How to raise your profile and connect to key influencers in your prospects’ industries.
• The difference a good testimonial can make, and what is should say.
• How to search for key connections through your existing network.
• How to ask for referrals through LinkedIn.

Conferences by Speaker Andy Lopata

Conference Chairman

• Every Conference thrives with the help of a Chairman who can involve and inform the delegates, ensure the speakers can look their best and ties together the information covered to deliver the key messages to the delegates.
• Andy brings his experience of networking and speaking to the platform when Chairing conferences and works hard to understand what the speakers are covering and what the organizer wants to achieve to ensure a memorable experience for the delegates.