dirk spencer networking with speakers

NETWORKING ON PURPOSE© WITH SPEAKERS .

DIRK SPENCER

RECRUITER

CREATOR OF RESUME PSYCHOLOGY©

WHY NETWORK WITH SPEAKERS?

THEY ARE COMFORTABLE

CONNECTING WITH STRANGERS

SHARING INSIGHTS &

TRENDS IS IN THEIR DNA

THEY ARE EXPERTS OR

…THEY KNOW EXPERTS

TYPICALLY THEY ARE WELL CONNECTED

SPEAKERS KNOW THE VALUE OF BEING

MENTIONED BY OTHERS

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AGILEDOTNET.COM – FIND THE SPEAKERS

That was easy…

SPEAKER TOPICS & PICS

20 SPEAKERS – 3 EXPERIENCE LEVELS

Ryan Marsh - Achieving "Flow" with Kanban

Jef Newsom - It's Not Agile Without Retrospectives

Dr. Michael Abelson - Trust As A Pillar Of Your Personal and Professional Ascension

Luid Hancock - Agile Portfolio Management

Susan Fojtasek - Agile Portfolio Management

MORE SPEAKERS

Jay Packlick - Visualizing Agility: Agile Metrics that Matter

Jack Carter - Agile Estimation

Devlin Liles - Works on My Machine vs. All Our Tests Are Failing -

Brian Adkins - Justify Your Documents

Ben Floyd - Dev/Ops Interactions with VS 2012 -

SPEAKER LIST CONTINUED…

Don McGreal - The Continuous Improvement Framework from Scrum.org

Ty Crockett - Eliminating Barriers - No More Us vs. Them

Tim Rayburn - Developer to Developer Accountability

Michael L Perry - Justify Your Documents

Ken Howard - An Introvert's Agile Survival Guide

LAST BUT NOT LEAST…

Andy Seibel - An Introvert's Agile Survival Guide

Allison Pollard - Eliminating Barriers - No More Us vs.

Allen Hurst - Speaking Your Customer's Love Language -

Long Mai - Achieving True Collaboration in Programming

Chris Weldon - Continuous Deployment to Build Trust

COMPANIES & GROUPS MENTIONED

DFW SCRUM

Agile Leadership Network

Improving Enterprises

TastyCupCakes.Org

qedcode.com

ahurst.com

DFW SCRUM

IMPROVING ENTERPRISES

TASTYCUPCAKES.ORG

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ALLEN HURST

AGILE LEADERSHIP NETWORK

BOOK MENTION

Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide

Ken Howard , Barry Rogers

PEOPLE SEARCH & FIND ON LINKEDIN

Always use the Advanced Search Feature

LINKEDIN SEARCH RESULTS - CONNECT

LINKEDIN PROFILE PAGE – CONNECT

NETWORKING ON PURPOSE!

Use the

“Friend” Button

Message needs

to be:

Direct

Specific

Offer to Serve

THE DOCTOR IS IN… USE THEIR EMAIL

Emails

can

be

anywhere!

So scroll

when you

Troll…

NO EMAIL? – CLICK CONNECT ANYWAY

GROUPS CAN BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND

THE 4 PART CONNECTION REQUEST

Networking on purpose!

I will be attending AgileDotNet in Addison and wanted to connect.

Let me know how I can promote your session!

Dirk Spencer | Senior Recruiter | Available | LION

214-295-8687

PART 1 – OWN IT ALREADY

Networking on purpose!

I will be attending AgileDotNet in Addison and wanted to connect.

Let me know how I can promote your session!

Dirk Spencer | Senior Recruiter | Available | LION

214-295-8687

PART 2 – CONTENT IS KING

Networking on purpose!

I will be attending AgileDotNet in Addison and wanted to connect.

Let me know how I can promote your session!

Dirk Spencer | Senior Recruiter | Available | LION

214-295-8687

PART 3 HAVE A CONTEXT

Networking on purpose!

I will be attending AgileDotNet in Addison and wanted to connect.

Let me know how I can promote your session!

Dirk Spencer | Senior Recruiter | Available | LION

214-295-8687

PART 4 HOW THEY KNOW YOU ARE REAL

Networking on purpose!

I will be attending AgileDotNet in Addison and wanted to connect.

Let me know how I can promote your session!

Dirk Spencer | Senior Recruiter | Available | LION

214-295-8687

PART 1 WORKS BECAUSE…

You are transparent, honest & direct

PART 2 WORKS BECAUSE…

It is relevant to them

PART 3 WORKS BECAUSE…

The offer to help keeps it about their event

PART 4 WORKS BECAUSE…

It is NOT anonymous so it instantly safe

SPEAKER FOLLOW-UP – ALL ABOUT THEM!

Be considerate by being prepared

Be prepared by doing your own research ahead

Research thoroughly before next contact

Have answers to questions they might ask you

Never, never, never ask for a job or a lead

This is about connecting to experts

7 FOLLOW-UP STRATEGIES WITH SPEAKERS

1. Thank them for the connection!

2. Request recommendations on web sources

3. Solicit print source suggestions

4. Ask about resources you find

5. Interview them for an industry web site

6. Share your lecture notes post-event

7. Request their speaking schedule!

HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SPEAKERS

Who

What

Where

When

Why

How

THE RESULTS: WHO CONNECTED

EMAIL NOTIFICATION OF CONNECTION

Ken Howard

VP Consulting at Improving Enterprises

- An Introvert's Agile Survival Guide

LINKEDIN NOTIFICATION OF CONNECTION

MORE GOOD NEWS…

Allen Hurst

Speaking Your Customer's Love Language

ALLEN HURST IS NOW A CONNECTION

DEVLIN IN DAH-OUS!

LILES CONNECTS!

RE-TWEET FROM POSTING ON GROUPS!

Thank YOU

Kelly Smith!

THE RAYBURN JOINS THE PARTY

DR. MICHAEL ABELSON EMAIL NOTIFICATION

DR. MICHAEL ABELSON LINKEDIN NOTIFICAITON

DON MCGREAL CONNECTED

JAY PACKLICK CONNECTED

RYAN MARSH – LINKEDIN NOTIFICATION!

RYAN MARSH – EMAIL NOTIFICATION…

UPDATES AS THEY COME THROUGH…

DIRK SPENCER – SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITER

• DirkPMP@Yahoo.Com

• 214-295-8687

• @DirkInDallas

• http://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas

• Slideshare.Net/Dirk Spencer

• Dirk is a former DOD Computer Specialist turned Recruiter

and Social Media Tactician.

• He is the creator of "Resume Psychology – Get the Offer Not

the Interview©.

DIRK SPENCER – SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITER

Beyond resumes, Dirk’s expertise includes talent acquisition, deep-web

sourcing, social media recruiting and linguistics.

He has worked agency recruiting, contract recruiting and corporate

recruiting.

Dirk is regularly invited to speak to career groups, industry recruiters and

professional organizations on resume strategies, network tactics,

sourcing and communication strategies and professional branding using

social media.

DIRK’S RECRUITING EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

Information Technology

Telecomm

Semiconductor

Banking

Consumer Goods

Accounting

Finance

Project Management

Engineering

Executive Leadership

Networking

Aviation

Defense

Supply Chain

Software Development

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

International

DIRK HAS WORKED FOR THESE COMPANIES

PREVIOUS RECRUITER EVENTS

& SPEAKER MENTIONS

• Dallas Fort Worth Texas Recruiter Network (DFWTRN)

• Executive Search Owners Association (ESOA)

• Inter-City Personnel Associates (IPA) Associates Food & Beverage

• Pikes Peak Recruiter Network (PPRN)

• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference

• The Rick Gillis Radio Show in Houston, Texas ESPN Radio

• CareerRocketeer “The 150+ Experts on Twitter All Job Seekers Must Follow

• The Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

PREVIOUS SPEAKING EVENTS

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Colorado Association Healthcare Executives (CAHE) Annual Conference

• Meeting of the Minds Conference

• Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Breakfast of Champions

• North Texas Small Business Summit

• TalentNet Live Social Recruiting Conference

• Frisco Connect Job Seeker Strategy Summit

• Texas Small Business Summit

• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference

• American Society of Quality (ASQ)

• Texas Workforce Commission Veterans Support Group

• Intuit Women’s Network

• International Institute of Business Analyst (IIBA)

• National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

PREVIOUS SPEAKING EVENTS

ECUMENICAL & VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS

• St. Jude Career Alliance a Chapter of the Catholic Career Development Community

(CCDC)

• Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT)

• Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Center of Irving (ICI)

• Crossroads Bible Church (CBC) Career Transition Workshop (CTW)

• Jewish Family Service (JFS)

• Career Jump Start - First United Methodist Church Richardson (FUMCR)

• Carrollton Career Focus Group (CFG)

• Carrollton City Job Hunt 101

• Custer Rd Church Job Net Plano

• Fort Worth Career Search Network (FWCSN)

• MacArthur Blvd Baptist Church (MBBC) Career Transition Network (CTN)

• McKinney Trinity Presbyterian Church Career Transition Network (CTN)

• McKinney Workforce Networking

• Preston Trail Job Network (PTJN)

• Saint Philip's Episcopal of Frisco Job Ministry

• Southlake Focus Group (SFG)

• St. Andrew UMC Sales Group with Dennis O’Hagan