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Connection Doesn’t Have to Feel Awkward!

A More Human Approach to Networking

 Welcome to your short introductory training on Intentional Networking 

 

a grounded, relational approach to meeting people, building connection, and letting what’s next unfold naturally.

Congratulations! 

Choosing to enroll in Connection Doesn't Have to Feel Awkward is your first step towards increasing your impact, influence and fun! This mini-course will give you the basic tools you need to talk about yourself with confidence and set you up to absorb the more advanced techniques to help you connect with others in my Intentional Networking Course.

Most people think networking requires confidence, performance, or the right words.

This short training offers a different approach — one that begins with easing pressure, recognizing that everyone feels some level of uncertainty, and focusing on simple, human connection instead.

You’ll learn how to introduce yourself in a way that feels natural, approach conversations with more ease, and begin building relationships without forcing an outcome.

Connecting with others effectively will grow the number of people you are connected to that understand something about who you are and what you are up to, and have given you permission to contact them in the future. This can be the beginning of any number of different kinds of relationships: Mentors, friends, employers, employees, romances, customers, peer support, referrals, etc. Imagine all of the ways that could enrich your life!

I am so glad that you are here~  

~Sarah Coolidge

 

Most people feel at least a little uncomfortable with networking.

Is that you?

 

It's often not because you don’t care about connecting — but because it  feels like there’s something you're supposed to get right.

What to say.
How to introduce yourself.
How to make a good impression.

This training offers a different way to approach it.

Instead of focusing on performance, we start with something much simpler:

  • recognizing that everyone feels some level of uncertainty

  • letting go of the pressure to “do it right”

  • and focusing on genuine, human connection

From that place, everything else becomes easier.

This is an introduction to Intentional Networking — a way of meeting people that is grounded, relational, and open-ended.

The goal isn’t to impress.

It’s simply to connect… and see what happens next.

In this first video, I’ll start to walk you through a simple way to think about networking that takes the pressure off and gives you a place to begin.

Now, let's get started!

 
 
 
 
 
YOUR HANDOUTS
HANDOUT #1 (For Video #2)
HANDOUT #2 (For Video #3)
HANDOUT #3 (For Video #4)

Are you ready to keep building on this?

 

If this approach to connection feels like a relief…
if it feels more natural, more human, and more like you…

there is a next step.

The Intentional Networking Course is a deeper, structured way to continue practicing what you’ve just begun.

Inside, you’ll be supported to:

 

FEEL MORE AT EASE being seen and heard in real conversations
APPROACH NETWORKING without pressure or performance
FIND THE WORDS that reflect who you are — without overthinking
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS that unfold naturally over time
STAY CONNECTED after initial conversations in ways that feel genuine
BRING THIS SAME GROUNDED APPROACH into both in-person and online spaces
BEGIN TO SEE opportunities, collaboration and growth open in ways that feel organic rather than forced.

This isn’t about becoming someone different. It’s about becoming more comfortable being yourself — in spaces where connection matters. If you’d like to continue, you can explore the course here:

YES! I AM READY TO KEEP BUILDING!