Ray A. Smith

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910 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2018 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · How to Network While Working From Home · 2 Nov 2020 podcast

There are calendar apps that make it easier for someone to just, voice-verified

you know, put their time in a slot and schedule something rather than going back and forth with emails. voice-verified

Well, what time are you available? voice-verified

There's also just easier ways to sort of tell people exactly what you want from them. voice-verified

And what I mean by that is, you know, be specific in how much time voice-verified

you'd like to request and keep it under 30 minutes so that the person knows that this is not going to be an hour fishing expedition. voice-verified

It's going to be sort of a concise call. voice-verified

Be clear on what you want to speak about. voice-verified

Just be mindful of people's time is the general point. voice-verified

And when you do finally connect with them, always just ask how things are going. voice-verified

It's as simple as saying, is now a good time? voice-verified

Because you just never know what can come up in the course of a day when working from home. voice-verified

Even if you've scheduled a call with somebody and they pick up, voice-verified

I was advised that you should still sort of just say, is now still a good time? voice-verified

Because again, you just never know when things might pop up at the last minute while working from home, whether it's a childcare emergency or a pet emergency or a leaky faucet. voice-verified

So you just never know. voice-verified

It's just these crazy times that we're in. voice-verified

Your presentation really still does matter. voice-verified

And that's one of the things that also mattered, obviously, a lot in... voice-verified

in-person networking and where appearances and your first impressions really mattered you know in the virtual setting we're doing this from the waist up it's still important to look professional you do miss some of those other cues that you get when you're in person with somebody but the point is to try to look as professional as possible and visit yourself as possible and there are things called you know e-charisma for instance and that's something that is voice-verified

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