Networking to Success: Wed, Period 1 (5/14/08)

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

Nathan? Wearing a suit and tie as always.

"Welcome to Networking to Success," Nathan said. "I'm your teacher, Nathan Petrelli. You can call me Mr. Petrelli. That includes those of you who may have a more... informal relationship with my brother, Peter." Why no, he wasn't looking at anyone in particular here. Not at all.

"Unless you're hoping to live the life of a hermit, you're going to need to know how to network. That is, you're going to need to meet people, make a good impression, learn how you can help them and how they can help you.

"With today's class we're going to start with the basics." Nathan grinned. "This is one of the few classes where introducing yourself actually is part of the cirriculum. But we are going to put a spin on it."

Nathan passed around a handout. "Handshakes are an important part about introducing yourself. As you can see, how you shake hands can make or break your first impression. So I want you to go around and introduce yourselves to one another. That's name and a fact about yourself. Doesn't have to be fancy. Where you're from or your favorite hobby is fine. Do all that with a handshake and let the other person do the same to you. Try to get as many people as you can. The more you learn this week will help you with next week.

"I'm here if you have questions. Or you can talk to Lana, who's the TA."

[OCD is up! Go nuts!]

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Sign in!

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

Collapsy-style!

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[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hyuuga Hinata

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[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke Davis

During the lecture

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves, take notes, whatever.

Re: During the lecture

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke listened, and looked completely innocent the whole time, really.

Shake those hands!

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

Introduce yourself to as many classmates as you can while using that great handshake.

Re: Shake those hands!

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

Cimorene felt a bit awkward, for once. At home, you just didn't do handshakes.

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[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm Chris Halliwell," he said, approaching a girl who looked familiar. "I think we're in the same cabin."

As per the assignment, his hand was extended.

Re: Shake those hands!

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris wondered how many of his classmates he might not have actually met before.

Re: Shake those hands!

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew walked right up to Chris and confidently stuck out his hand, totally stiff at the elbow. "Nice to meet you good sir," he said with a crisp nod and a goofy grin.

Re: Shake those hands!

[withoutverona]

Romeo smiled and flexed his finger muscles, preparing to shake as many hands as possible.

[OOC: Very very SP until 4-ish.]

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[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick stepped up to Romeo and held his hand out. "Dick Grayson. Nice to meet you."

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[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata fidgeted and glanced at her hands. They... didn't... really do handshakes back home.

Re: Shake those hands!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was thinking of honing in on more of the new kids for this than the ones she already knew. She already new them, and, geez, hello, networking within networking!

"Hi, there!" she approached Hinata brightly with a smile to match as she offered out her hand. "I'm Turtle Wexler; it's very nice to meet you!"

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[withoutverona]

Romeo gave Hinata a smile and held out his hand. "Good e'en, I am Romeo Montague."

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[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz tried hard not to feel awkward about this but she wasn't succeeding very well.

Re: Shake those hands!

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew could so do handshakes. He had a great handshake. His second grade teacher had told him so. That's the kind of compliment that sticks with you.

Re: Shake those hands!

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick walked over to Andrew and stuck his hand out with a smile. "Morning. I'm Dick Grayson. I'm new here."

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle could do this. Turtle had worked on perfecting her handshake since she was five years old. Her dad had always been really good about indulging her and letting her know how she was doing and pretending they were just meeting at a business event, but her mother always had gotten annoyed, so it was then when Turtle would smear dirt or chocolate or mustard on her hands and then offer a handshake to Grace.

Mwa ha ha. Good times.

Re: Shake those hands!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Well, this didn't seem too hard.

Mac figured you just had to make sure you shook hands firmly... but not so firmly that the other person thought you might be trying to break their fingers. One simple good impression.

Re: Shake those hands!

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Being a veteran of all sorts of events that Bruce either put on or attended, Dick was an experienced handshaker. He had never thought of his handshaking expertise before today. He thought it was a weird thought.

Talk to Nathan

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

You could even introduce yourself if you wanted.

Talk to the TA

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

After she pings in.

Re: Talk to the TA

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana's here, with fresh coffee for the teacher, and is happy to shake hands and introduce herself should anyone be interested.

OOC

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

I have a Peter Gabriel song stuck in my head thanks to this class. Points to anyone who can guess what it is.