University/Academia

Kintish recently stumbled across this article, which highlights why it is important for academics and staff in Universities and Colleges to network effectively. After reading the article on networking at Universities, please feel free to contact us to see how Kintish can help your team.

You may also find this article interesting: How Business Schools Are Getting In On Social Media which highlights the importance of understanding social media as a business tool.

If you find it difficult to bridge that gap between your educational body and external companies, it may be time to brush up on your networking skills. Networking is an integral part of helping your institution gain more revenue and build stronger, longer lasting relationships with external bodies. We can run in-house tailored workshops for your institution, or why not come on one of our Nationwide public courses to experience what we do?

Kintish are proud to announce that we are accredited with the Institute of Knowledge Transfer (IKT). The IKT is dedicated solely to meeting the needs of the individuals involved in knowledge transfer, whilst facilitating the need to turn cutting edge research into viable business propositions quickly; to effectively increase the rate of research outputs.

Here is what Russ Hepworth from the IKT Leeds thought of Kintish training...

"Will provided IKT members with a memorable introduction to his networking courses. This was well received by all. Will, with colleague Ann, were entertaining whilst disseminating some clear, concise and extremely valuable skills which will remain personally useful for many years to come. For networking training - look no further than Kintish."

For more information please visit www.ikt.org.uk.

Lack of self confidence is the fundamental reason people who aren't in marketing and selling don't take risks or do something different from the norm. Most of the audiences we work with are people in the professional and financial world who find business development and networking somewhat of a challenge. We cannot give people self confidence, but what we do is give them tips, techniques and ideas. When they practice and implement them, our audiences find their self confidence builds automatically and business development becomes a natural and integrated part of their daily life.

3 reasons why people generally don't like networking and following up:

1. They don't like being taken out of their comfort zone
2. They don't like failure
3. They don't like rejection

How we can help?

In simple step-by-step processes we show delegates how to:

• work a room in a confident and effective manner
• follow up potential opportunities with a professional and positive approach

As a result of our training, delegates will:

• accept more business invitations.
• prepare carefully in advance.
• meet more people and therefore build more relationships.
• ask more of the right questions.
• listen more carefully and spot more needs.
• create more potential business and career opportunities.
• make more follow up phone calls.
• arrange more meetings as a result of the follow up call.

• Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals
• Cancer Research Technology
• College of Law
• College of Occupational Therapist
• Crescent Purchasing Consortium
• Durham Business School
• Exeter University
• Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship
• Institute of Knowledge Transfer (IKT)
• Lancaster University Management School
• Leeds Business School
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Liverpool Hope University
• London Technology Network
• London Business School
• Manchester Masters Graduate Programme
• Manchester Metropolitan Business School
• MBA Career Services Council European Conference Geneva
• Praxis - Technology Transfer Training
• Preston College
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University College Cardiff
• University College London
• University of Birmingham
• University of Cardiff
• University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
• University of Derby
• University of Nottingham
• University of Reading
• University Campus Suffolk
• University of Sheffield
• University of Sussex
• Royal Veterinary College
• Salford University
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Sheffield University
• St George's, University of London
• Warwick University

"How to become a confident and effective networker" is quite excellent. After attending numerous development courses over the past 30 years, this is the first full day course where I did not experience the post lunch energy lull. I was entertained, engaged and stimulated for the whole day. Will has a unique presentation style that makes much of what he teaches unforgettable, which is an added bonus for my ageing brain."
Neale Daniel, University of Sheffield

""I have found Kintish to be very professional from my initial sourcing request to delivery of the session. Feedback from colleagues was mostly very good and the fun aspect really helped to drive the message home. Out of the sessions running last Friday the Kintish one was best received."
Kay Daines, HR Manager, University Campus Suffolk

"It was a great learning experience attending your session. You addressed most of the common issues we, students face during business events. It was more of an experiential learning than just another lecture session. After this session, we would surely derive better results from forthcoming events. Also, not to forget, your enthusiasm was contagious and it spread to all in the class. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us."
Nikit Gangwani, MBA Student, Leeds University Business School

"An outstanding session in building confidence and providing inexperienced networkers with the tools and tips to approach future networking opportunities."
Jill Williams, Executive Officer, University of Exeter Business School

"I want to thank you for the workshop, it was one of the best we had so far and taught me very useful information and skill that I will definitely apply in many situations. The teaching was simple and straightforward and yet very powerful."
Eva Andreotti, St George's, University of London

"I thoroughly enjoyed the session and thought the administration was dealt with very professionally. I would like to pass on my thanks to you and the team for making my job easier by being so efficient"
Heather Young, University of Nottingham

"Your session was very helpful to the delegates; giving them an extremely good overview of networking skills. From feedback delegates were very impressed and not only by the course content, but also by the way it was presented."
Catherine Mansell, Programme Director, University of Birmingham