PPP2.
Networking.
What is networking?
- Sharing and gaining pertinent information that can help us gain something or another.
- Talk to anyone and everyone now.
- Your approach should have a reason and a plan.
What will you get from networking?
- Advice
- Mentoring
- Feedback
- Visits
- Placements
- Employment
Have a reason to speak to someone!
Ask people on linkd in for feedback.
Why are you contacting them?
What do you want from them?
In what way do you want them to respond?
What should we consider giving out in networking?
- Your identity (an identity of some kind)
- A creative CV?
- Write a hand written letter.
Task - Think of as many ways to contact someone as possible.
Contacting professionals.
- Become a key player within the industry.
- Reinforces your position as a student and a new potential creative in the industry.
- Treat it like a brief, we need to undertake relevant research that we record and utilise.
- Blog and reference a synergy in the work of others that may become worthy of investigation.
- You will only get what you put in!
Check out the web, call and ask for/who is the creative director as you want to send him some files. If not ask to be put through.
However consider why you are contacting.
Visits are good!
Consider the benefits of going out of your way and calling someone, remember you are a valuable asset.
What are you trying to tell them?
- Quite simply that you exist.
- Could you arrange a visit for advice/ feedback?
- You want to look at a professional studio.
- DO NOT ASK FOR A PLACEMENT.
What will they want to know?
- Why you chose them to contact?
- What type of creative are you?
- What kind of work do you see as synergetic to you?
What can you show them?
- Anything you are working on or you feel good about.
- Creative CV that you can leave with your details.
- You could even invite them into college.
Placement.
- Experience and a practice run.
- See how a professional studio operates.
- A contact to go back to.
Don't be afraid to disagree with people!
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