MAPS Building Authentic Professional Relationships

Course Overview

Course Description

This course will demystify, empower, and position you to succeed in connecting, partnering, and, simply, letting people know who you are, what you love, and where you’re headed.  

Transform your approach to professional connections in just one day. This workshop dismantles common networking misconceptions that lead to superficial interactions and missed opportunities. 

Discover why traditional networking often fails and learn our proven framework for creating genuine connections that advance your career. We'll explore why quality trumps quantity, how to overcome networking anxiety, and techniques to make meaningful impressions in any professional setting.  

Join us to transform networking from an awkward obligation into a natural, rewarding practice that accelerates your professional growth.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for anyone who believes they could develop and improve their networking skills.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will gain: 

• A personalized networking strategy aligned with your personality and goals
• Conversation techniques that create instant rapport and memorability
• Digital networking mastery across LinkedIn and industry platforms
• Follow-up protocols that transform encounters into lasting relationships
• Strategic approaches to maintain and activate your network when needed

Through interactive exercises, role-playing, and personalized feedback, you'll leave with immediately applicable skills and a 30-day action plan tailored to your industry and career stage.

Course Materials

Course materials will be provided in class.

Instructor

Emily serves as the Assistant Director of Strategic Programs and Education at the National Women’s History Museum, where she leads and oversees a range of innovative educational programs and strategic initiatives while collaborating with external partners to create impactful programs and exhibitions. She is also a lecturer at The Ohio State University, a facilitator for girls’ and women’s leadership development seminars, and a consultant for Lean In Girls.

Krichbaum’s research, ideas, and stories have appeared on NPR, the TED stage, the Smithsonian, the National Humanities Center, the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools podcast and annual conferences, and the University of Notre Dame press.

She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she studied modern American social movements. Her dissertation, which received the Jane and Cecil Lyman Prize for Best Ph.D. Dissertation and was recently featured by the Smithsonian’s flagship podcast, Sidedoor, explores the intersection of feminism, ageism, and advocacy through the lives of Maggie Kuhn and Tish Sommers. 

She spent the first ten years of her academic career teaching American History and American Women’s History at the undergraduate and graduate-level, leading professional development on primary-source centered classrooms across the nation, and establishing intergenerational female mentoring and leadership programming for female students and faculty. She is the recipient of several university-wide teaching and mentoring awards. 

In 2018, Krichbaum founded Remember The Ladies, an initiative to incorporate more women’s history in American history classrooms, equipping teachers and school districts to provide more representative and inclusive histories. (Because, you can't be what you don't see). Since its inception, she has worked with 50+ school districts around the country. 

After leaving the university, she founded and directed a leadership center at an all-girls preschool-12th grade independent school, where she developed programming and curriculum to ensure the next generation of female leaders have the tools to lead themselves and others—from intensive leadership development seminars to courses on personal finance, investing, and branding. She has presented her research on the international stage at the International Coalition of Girls Schools conferences. 

She looks forward to her morning runs, the Sunday paper, and the day women comprise (at least) 50% of the legislature. She lives with her husband, their two daughters, and her beloved canine running partner in Columbus, Ohio.

You can follow Emily on LinkedIn and subscribe to her newsletter, Where’s Walda, here.

FAQ's

Follow these steps to make a cancellation:

1. Refer to your registration confirmation email
2. Scroll down to "Cancellation Policy"
3. Follow link in email
4. Enter the confirmation number from the registration email
5. At the top of the page, click on “Cancel Registration” button
6. Click Finish

Follow these steps to make a substitution: 

1. Refer to your registration confirmation email
2. Scroll down to "Substitutions"
3. Follow link in email
4. Enter the confirmation number from the registration email
5. At the top of the page, click on the “Substitute Registrant” button
6. Enter the name and email of the new registrant
7. Click Next
8. Click Confirm

Waitlist
What happens if I am on a waitlist for a course? You will receive an email confirming you have been added to a waitlist. If a spot becomes available, you will be notified by email.  

CEU and CPE Policy
Attendance in this course can earn:

• 0.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
• 7.2 Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEs)

Attendance is recorded at check-in at the start of the day, and full CEU or CPE credit is awarded based on an honor system, with the expectation that participants are present and actively engaged for the full MAPS course.

Course Certificate
Your course certificate will be emailed to you following the course. It will reflect your Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEs) earned and your attendance of the course. 

Photography
The Ohio State University may occasionally take pictures during educational events for use in program communication. If you do not want to be photographed during this course, please email the MAPS team at glenn-training@osu.edu.

MAPS Membership 
A MAPS member receives a discounted rate of $250 for each course with the initial purchase of at least 12 credits. Each credit equals one course for one individual.

To inquire about becoming a MAPS member, please fill out the MAPS Membership Form. A Glenn College Professional Development team member will reach out to you.

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