networking – Heather Fenoughty

23 April 202123 August 2022

How to Network to Your Strengths

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Networking has been weird in the last year or so, hasn't it. At a time when jobs in some media became more thin on the ground - so networking became even more important to freelancers in these industries. It seems I'm a bit in the minority in that I don't mind networking, per se, that …

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18 April 201925 January 2022

Ten Tips for Building a Career as a Music Composer for Film, TV and Theatre

There is no magic bullet to getting a foothold into this industry… not unless you consider hard work, lots of rejection, or a healthy bent toward self-determination a “magic bullet”. Is there an easy way in? The answer, as with most things in life, is “no”. Most things that are worth doing don’t come easy. …

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23 July 201219 January 2024

How to Network, for Newbies

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Nobody likes networking. It is a fact. I have yet to meet a single person who says, "You know what, I just LOVE working the room! All these people I don't know, so many faces, so little time, let's DO THIS." More likely it's, "I hate these events... they don't work... I've never gotten a …

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25 March 200917 February 2022

What to do when you hate Networking

I'm the first to admit it. I'm not a fan of networking. I'm quiet, dislike talking in public to people I don't know and feel intimidated by anyone who may be even slightly useful to connect with business-wise. I'm really not built for it at all. So I've developed strategies, and practise (and pracise and …

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