September always has a back to school vibe and with it comes the start of conference season, an opportunity for all us to get away from our computer screens and meet people out there in the real world.
This brings with it the subject of networking, the skill of building valuable relationships with people who may or may not be of use to your personal professional development. 
To talk about the best and worst ways to do this are Laura McQueen, Managing Director of Leaders in Sport, who's in charge of Leaders Week London, taking place from Monday 26th September, and Sean Singleton, the co-founder of Unofficial Partner, who has blagged his way through more conference free lunches than anyone in Western Europe. 

We talk about how to plan to get the best results, the worst food to eat while standing up and how to avoid getting stuck with boring people who are of no commercial use to you.

If you want to extend your own sports business network, join us for Wise UP, the Unofficial Partner Web3 Brainstorm, taking place at Emirates Stadium in London on the evening of Wednesday 21st September. 
And, sign up for our weekly newsletter, that goes direct to thousands of people across sport, every Thursday. You can find links to both of these at UnofficialPartner.com

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