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17 Out of the Box Networking Strategies

Posted On: July 27, 2015

Connecting people with other people or things they benefit from as well as doing things we are passionate about can provide ample opportunities for networking. I will share a few ways I have networked without thinking it was networking!

 

Out of the Box Networking Strategies

1. Helped Someone
2. Asked for Someone’s Help
3. Wanted to know more about someone
4. Take a class
5. Forge Alumni Ties
6. Attend a trade show or sponsor pavilion
7. Joined a Committee at Work or College 
8. Refer someone to a job
9. Volunteered to Make Office Work Efficient / Volunteer in the community
10. Introduced people or organizations       
11. Offered to give a presentation / class
12. Give to people outside your team or in the community
13. Help organize or present at a conference
14. Join a cultural or ethnic community and organize or participate in some event
15. Mobilize community resources  
16. Be a podcast guest
17.  Host or be a guest on a webinar 

 

How have you networked in creative ways? Often many of these activities can be resume builders, either as professional development or as community participation. 

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Meaning of the idiom “out of the box”

 

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