About the Author
Allison Graham is the force behind Elevate Seminars + Strategic Development Inc., a business strategy company that teaches professionals how to develop valuable business relationships from casual business card contacts. Her work as a keynote speaker, corporate trainer and business consultant has helped thousands of professionals catapult their business skills to raise their community profile, penetrate new circles of influence and open doors for revenue growth opportunities.
Mastering the art of networking was what took Allison from working in a mediocre job and feeling like a stranger in a new city, to where she is today with thousands of contacts and an impressive track record in business, media, politics and the charitable and non-profit sectors. Allison attributed her progress to learning how to network and made it her personal mission to help other professionals learn how to get connected regardless of their circumstances. Allison pens the column, “Getting Connected: The Art of Networking” for Sun Media, plus has contributed to several media sources on the topics of personal branding and profitable networking. Prior to writing her current business-focused column, Allison was the “People You Know” columnist for the London Free Press for four years. Writing four columns a week and interacting with thousands of people at hundreds of events each year gave her a unique vantage point of the city's business and philanthropic communities. This intense involvement ...
