Lynne Waymon

Lynne Waymon

President and CEO of Contacts Count LLC since 1990, Lynne Waymon is a thought leader when it comes to the "how-to's" of business and career networking. Her work with individual clients, corporations, universities, associations, and government agencies is recognized nationwide as state-of-the-art. She and her partner have identified The 8 Networking Competencies, upon which all of their work with clients is based. Career Successions is proud to offer "Your Road Map to Successful Networking" with Lynne Waymon..

Book

• Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business & Career Success, (AMACOM, 2nd edition), with Anne Baber.

Other Publications

• Job Hunt: 50 Networking Tips, an iphone app and a downloadable guide found on the Career Successions RESOURCE page.
• The Corporate Guide To Employee Engagement & Inclusion: 10 Networking Activities (There are also versions for Associations and for Alumni Groups), a downloadable guide ($39.99)

Clients (partial list)

• Corporations: Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Northrop Grumman, DuPont, Corning, PricewaterhouseCoopers, First Horizon Bank, HSBC Bank, Kraft Foods
  Universities: Georgetown, George Washington University, Catholic, Marquette
• Associations: Society of Women Engineers, American Institute of Architects, Consumer Electronics Association, Nat'l Association of Home Builders
• Government Agencies: HHS, Commerce, Navy, NIH, FDA, NASA, Agriculture, US Senate, Department of State, Treasury Executive Institute

CD

• Networking Know-How: The Contacts Count System for Savvy Professionals & Smart Companies, an 80-minute audio workshop recorded live ($23)

Accomplishments

• Co-founder and CEO of Contacts Count for 20 years, serving a wide variety of clients and industries by delivering keynotes, workshop, training programs, train-the trainer programs, and webinars
• Trained and certified 8 free-lance trainers around the US and one in Portugal, to deliver the Contacts Count keynotes and training programs
• Co-author of 5 books on networking and career development

Media: Articles by or about Lynne have appeared in

• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post
• Kansas City Star
• Christian Science Monitor
• Training, the magazine of American Society of Training & Development
• Numerous trade publications serving many different kinds of professions

Memberships

• National Speakers Association

Education

• BA in Sociology from Baker University
• MS in Education from Florida State University