Contacts Count

• Introverts, who comprise about half the US population.  They say things like, "I do a good job.  Why do I need to network?"  
• People who classify themselves as shy.  In 1972 when the Stanford Shyness Clinic began, that   number was 40%.  Now it′s almost 60%.  So shyness is a growing problem.  Interestingly, the youngest generation - the most plugged-in generation ever - is the shyest. 
• New hires who get off to a slow start.
• People who have chosen careers in what have traditionally been thought of as "behind-the-scenes" jobs, such as engineering, IT, research, finance, science, etc.
• Employees thrown together in new ways after mergers or acquisitions. 
• People whose networks have been disrupted by layoffs or reorganizations.
• Internationals, unfamiliar with - and uncomfortable with - US-style relationship-building.
• Employees from diverse backgrounds who have traditionally been over-looked and under-estimated. 

•          Get the job done,
•          Get on board fast,
•          Get behind organizational initiatives,
•          Get new initiatives launched,
•          Get the best talent,
•          Get known in your marketplace,
  
•          Get the most from conferences and meetings
•          Get the business, and
•          Get ahead. 

• The premier training and consulting firm delivering workplace networking skills training to corporations, government agencies, universities, professional services firms, entrepreneurs, and non-profits. 
• Leading-edge providers of training in the field of building social capital.  As thought leaders in the field of networking and master trainers, we are the co-authors of 5 books on networking.   Our most recent book is Make Your Contacts Count (AMACOM, 2^nd edition).  Our articles have been published in Training (ASTD), Associations Now (ASAE), HR Review (SHRM North Carolina).  And we have been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
• Designers and leaders of train-the-trainer/licensure  programs for corporations, government agencies, and universities.  Contacts Count also has free-lance training associates throughout the US and one in Portugal. 
• Our clients include Northrop Grumman, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services,  Kraft Foods, DuPont, eBay, PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Heery, DuPont, Booz-Allen Hamilton, Corning, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, First Horizon Bank, Bank of America, HSBC Bank, the Smithsonian, National Geographic Society, Marquette University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Catholic University, Arizona State, University of Baltimore, Consumer Electronics Association, National Business Incubation Association, Women in Technology, Property Management Association,  Society of Black Professionals, the Pan-Asian Women's Association, National Association of Home Builders, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Council of Engineering Companies, Society of Women Engineers, Employee Relocation Association, American Society of Association Executives, American Society of Training & Development, American Institute of Architects, Treasury Executive Institute, U.S. Senate, U.S. Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, & Navy, the NIH, FDA, HHS, NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Presidential Fellows Program.

What is covered in the licensure fee?

Your organization′s right to use the materials for 3 years. This includes your right to reproduce, disseminate through any medium, and make the material available inside your organization.      (Note: Unlike other training programs that charge you each time you use their materials, your license with Contacts Count gives you the right to use the materials with any number of people, anytime, for any internal activity or training situation.  And unlike other programs, the license gives you the right to teach any or all of the modules independently, and to insert any or all of them into existing programs, such as Leadership Development or Orientation.)