Oct 1, 2026 · 38 min · 15 segments
What if the best networking had very little to do with selling? In the first episdoe of the new series of Lead with Curiosity, I had the pleasure of being joined by Cathy Dunbabin, founder of…
Anthony DonovanHost
You touched on the nerves piece and it was something I was going to ask you about because you're right, it's very daunting walking into a room full of people.
But for anybody listening that's thinking, yeah, networking, but the thought of doing that.
Do you have any tips or advice for how to kind of overcome those nerves? Yeah.
We, you know, I mean, going to a party where you're not going to know very many people, you get invited to a dinner party and you only know one other person.
If you know somebody who's Who's going to be that? Ask them to meet you outside and walk in with you.
If you go shaking through the door, as I did, I just look for the person with the biggest smile.
And I promise you there'll be somebody in the room that looks to you, catches your eye and smiles, make a beeline for them, because there are people who genuinely love meeting and greeting and looking after people at a networking event.
And they just genuinely care about Whether they remember when they felt nervous, apprehensive, I don't know.
You touched on the nerves piece and it was something I was going to ask you about because you're right, it's very daunting walking into a room full of people.
But for anybody listening that's thinking, yeah, networking, but the thought of doing that.
Do you have any tips or advice for how to kind of overcome those nerves? Yeah.
We, you know, I mean, going to a party where you're not going to know very many people, you get invited to a dinner party and you only know one other person.
If you know somebody who's Who's going to be that? Ask them to meet you outside and walk in with you.
If you go shaking through the door, as I did, I just look for the person with the biggest smile.
And I promise you there'll be somebody in the room that looks to you, catches your eye and smiles, make a beeline for them, because there are people who genuinely love meeting and greeting and looking after people at a networking event.
And they just genuinely care about Whether they remember when they felt nervous, apprehensive, I don't know.
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