Level Up: Career Catalyst Series - Refresh and Recharge Your Networking Skills

Note: The Live Virtual series is presented in collaboration with CPA Western Provinces. The content is applicable to all participants. If you have questions regarding this course, please contact pdregistration@cpaalberta.ca. 

Overview:

Strong networking skills are essential for building trusted relationships and creating new opportunities, especially for young CPAs building their career success. Developing long-term relationships with clients, colleagues, and professional networks requires a personal touch, especially in the Age of AI.  

In this course, Gayle Hallgren, one of Canada's top networking experts, will share tactical and practical networking strategies to help you initiate conversations, build rapport, and move interactions toward more meaningful professional relationships. From walking into a room of strangers to managing small talk to following up effectively for meaningful conversations, you will learn how to navigate common networking challenges. Gayle will guide you in developing a sustainable approach to building a strategic network and discuss the top 10 networking challenges.

Note: This live webinar is part of the Level Up: Career Catalyst Series . The registration page you are on is specifically for this individual, standalone session. 

Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

• Build confidence initiating, sustaining, and exiting professional conversations in various settings
  
• Develop a plan to build and maintain a strategic professional network
  
• Understand how to strengthen connections, and approach networking with clarity and purpose
  

Who Will Benefit: 

Level Up: Career Catalyst Series is a five-part professional development program designed specifically for early-career CPAs. Through practical, interactive sessions led by experienced facilitators and subject matter experts, you will develop the workplace, communication, leadership, networking, and career management skills that support long-term success.