Career Coffee: From Networking to Real Relationships

Don't Wait Until You Need Your Network

We often hear that networking is essential to career success. But what if the goal isn’t simply to build a network, but to build a community?

 Join Minnesota PRSA for a Career Coffee conversation about building meaningful professional relationships that go beyond exchanging business cards or connecting on LinkedIn.

 Together, we’ll explore:

• The difference between networking and building genuine professional relationships
• Why you should build your community before you need it
• How to ask for help without making relationships feel transactional
• Ways to be useful to the people in your professional community
• How to maintain relationships when work gets busy
• How relationships can open doors to new opportunities, perspectives and career paths
• What we can learn from professionals who have built strong communities around them

Your career is more than the job you have today. The people you build relationships with along the way can be part of what comes next.

This is an in-person event. Space is limited.

Agenda:

Panelists:

Connor Duffy, recruiting partner, Celarity

Connor Duffy is a recruiting partner at Celarity, where he works side by side with Twin Cities leaders to build high-performing teams across marketing, creative, digital, HR, finance, and operations. For over a decade, he's helped organizations find the people who move their businesses forward. Outside of work, he spends his time with his wife and their dog, Norra.

Sandy Zeiszler, trainer and consultant, MoxzClicks

Sandy Zeiszler is a LinkedIn trainer, strategic consultant, and the founder of MoxzClicks. For more than 15 years, she has helped professionals use LinkedIn with intention, from profile refreshes and positioning to connecting, re-engaging dormant relationships, and building a content strategy that turns connections into real conversations. Her career started by teaching people how to click a mouse as offices moved from typewriters to computers. Today she builds her own tools, including The Conversation Compass, a web app that helps people find the warm relationships already in their network. Outside of work, she loves crafting, reading, kayaking, and time with friends.

Steve Renier, executive vice president of talent, broadhead

Steve Renier is executive vice president of talent at broadhead, where he leads talent acquisition, employee relations and organizational development. With more than 30 years of human resources experience, Steve previously held HR leadership roles at Periscope and Martin Williams. He's passionate about building strong agency cultures, developing talent and taking an always recruiting approach to finding great people. Steve holds a B.S. in Management and Finance from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Moderator:

Arik Hanson, principal, Arik Hanson Social Media

Arik Hanson is a longtime social media consultant, educator and connector in the Twin Cities communications community. Since 2009, he has run Arik Hanson Social Media, where he has worked with organizations ranging from 3M and Dairy Queen to Essentia Health and 80+ Minnesota-based brands. Throughout his career, Arik has been a big believer in the power of building and maintaining a professional network. He has taught social media marketing at the University of St. Thomas, leads two professional mastermind groups for communications and social media leaders, and regularly mentors and connects young professionals through his NextUp newsletter and other initiatives.

Registration:

Members: Free!
Non Members: $30
Students: Free [must register with your .edu email address]

Session and speaker details are subject to change.

Thank you to our event host and sponsor!

Event Contact(s)

Eva Keiser

Category

Career Coffee

Registration Info

This event is free to all members. However, we encourage donations to Minnesota PRSA's fund that supports emerging professionals and those in career transition. We also ask for payment in full in advance only.