GAYLE HALLGREN-REZAC, SPEAKER, CO-AUTHOR WORK THE POND!

Gayle is a marketer, entrepreneur, and writer. She is also networking guru Darcy Rezac’s excellent tag team-mate. She has spent the last decade and a half observing networking around the world. A master of the art of conversation, Gayle makes networking fun. Her workshops and presentations are described as fresh and imaginative. She speaks on the power of positive networking to change lives and on The Art of R.E.A.L. Conversation™ Through Shepa Leaning Company www.workthepond.com she also offer networking for women (and a few brave men.)

Gayle is an innovative entrepreneur and marketer who co-founded two of Canada’s most unique business ventures, Cookies by George and O-TOOZ. She is also the recipient of the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award as an entrepreneur

"Think you're already a pretty good networker and there's nothing you can learn from any book?" is the question posed in The Foreword to WORK THE POND! Tom Donohue, CEO of the largest business association in the world, the US Chamber of Commerce, answers it: "You'll be pleasantly surprised starting with the very first chapter" of WORK THE POND!

N: Never leave home without one's business cards - the real reasons!
E: Establish, exchange, engage - simple techniques, even for the shyest people.
T: Travel in pairs - have more fun networking, but learn 'The Rules.'
W: Work the pond - practical tips to circulate 'in the pond' with ease.
O: Opportunity is everywhere - how to find them, including your weak links.
R: Repeat, repeat, repeat - how to do more networking more effectively.
K: Keep it going - the fine art of follow-up and follow-through.