Networking 101: Timeless Principles for Today’s Healthcare Professional

Gretchen Rickards, MD, MPH will pass on timeless networking principles that help healthcare professionals build trust, advance careers, and strengthen personal branding through authentic in-person and online connections.
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Gretchen Rickards, MD, MPH will pass on timeless networking principles that help healthcare professionals build trust, advance careers, and strengthen personal branding through authentic in-person and online connections.

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Target Audience
Healthcare professionals looking to grow their personal brand, advance their careers, or create new professional opportunities.

Session Description
Few healthcare professionals were trained in networking, yet career success often depends on it. Whether building a personal brand, exploring entrepreneurial ventures, or advancing into leadership, one truth remains: people do business with those they know, like, and trust.

This session explores how timeless principles — many drawn from Dale Carnegie’s classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People — can guide healthcare professionals in developing authentic, lasting relationships. Participants will learn why in-person connections remain invaluable in a digital age, how to approach networking with genuine curiosity rather than transactional thinking, and how strong professional relationships can enhance both offline and online presence.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Apply timeless principles of connection to build genuine, lasting professional relationships.
  • Use practical conversation strategies to transform interactions into meaningful opportunities.
  • Adopt a sustainable networking mindset focused on mutual value rather than self-promotion.

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