Regional networking Get connected

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Regional networking Get connected
A sense of
purpose

• Gwyneth Marichi

Mind service users conference, 25 to 26 November
2009
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Regional networkingGetting connected

• Gwyneth Marichi Mind Link National Advisory
  Panel

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What is networking?

• Person to person
• Social networking...common interest groups
• Business networking
• Networking in the computer age

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Face to face networking

• What skills are required to be a good networker?
• Have a look at the picture on the next slide and
  think about what we can learn from this about our
  own behaviour at conferences?

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Mind Link how we network with members

• Mind Link roadshows
• National Advisory Panel meetings
• Mind Link magazine
• NAP News
• Mind Link group on Facebook
• Mind Link penpals scheme

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Regional networking
1 North and North East 2 Yorkshire and
Humberside 3 North Wales 4 South Wales 5 West
Midlands 6 East Midlands 7 Central and East
Anglia 8 South West 9 South East 10 London 11
Secure hospitals and prisons
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Regional networking

• What are the benefits of regional networking?
• How effective is networking in your region?
• What are the barriers to regional networking?
• What are the 3 main issues concerning mental
  health in your region?

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Your chance to network

• The next 30 minutes are yours so why not put
  what weve discussed into practice and get
  networking?!
• While you are networking, consider what question
  you would like to put to the panel at the start
  of Minds national conference
• We will come back together as a group after 30
  minutes to decide on a question together

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Thank you

• We hope you have enjoyed this session and have
  made some good contacts
• Enjoy the rest of the event!