SMACNA-Western Washington held its 2nd annual Women’s Networking & Luncheon event at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport, Renton this summer. More than 70 attendees enjoyed guest speaker Sylvie di Giusto’s talk about the importance of making a good impression. Sylvie empowers people to influence the success of their own career and in her talk explained how we only have seven second to make a good impression. She stressed key ways to make “confirmation bias” work in your favour and described the ABCDs of first impressions: Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital.
Attendees participated in an activity with Sylvie where they put labels on each other’s backs—on the labels were keywords to describe the first impression that person made (ambitious, confident, organized, etc.) Sylvie also helped the group navigate to find each individual’s “super power” key words. By the end of the program, attendees were able to write a professional bio about themselves using the keywords discovered through Sylvie’s exercise.
Two fabulous raffle prizes were up for grabs: a Kate Spade laptop bag and a drill donated by Milwaukee Tools. A delicious catered lunch and excellent networking time rounded out a successful event. Watch your email for details about next year’s women’s event. ▪
