Archive for December, 2006
Tired Of Hearing Me Rant? An Improv Comedian Tells You How To Network
I subscribe to a few other email newsletters. One I look forward to receiving is “Improvised Musings” by Avish Parashar. Ironically his article last week was also about networking. I’m traveling to Atlanta this week to speak at the Southeastern Association Colleges and Employer’s conference and thought this would be of interest (and give me a little break.)
Unfortunately, it seems like many people in the world have no idea what “networking” is. They seem to believe that networking is about getting as much as possible from other people as quickly as possible.
In the recent past, I have had experience with both the good and bad side of networking. I want to quickly share the guidelines I keep in mind so that you can apply them to your own situation. Though my examples are mostly professional, these are basically communication principles which can be applied personally or professionally. This is not a comprehensive list, but rather a few good ideas that I have come across.
Also, some of this advice goes against what you may read in a sales or networking book, and you may disagree. That’s fine. I just find that sometimes the sales and networking experts tend to be people that enjoy this stuff, and so the things they tell you to do (and that work for them) don’t work well for those of us without a sales disposition. Think of this list as networking for people who don’t love sales and networking!”
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