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Comment on Test Your Networking Knowledge by Jeanette Burger

Jeanette Burger — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:07:44 +0000

I got 4.5 correct. (I didn’t choose true and false for #3.) I appreciate the reminder of how important it is to consider the other person’s point-of-view and to make sure the networking effort is worthwhile for them, as well as for myself.

Comment on Test Your Networking Knowledge by Ann Knight

Ann Knight — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:05:51 +0000

In Sales, sophisticated networking is just as valuable as consultation expertise and product knowledge. I would love to read your book.

Comment on Personal Learning Networks by Ronnie Jenkins

Ronnie Jenkins — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:02:35 +0000

I agree, the best way to learn is to go to the office next door and work it out with a colleague. Don’t know where I’d be without that option.

Comment on Who Woulda Thunk It? – Networking’s Metamorphosis into Learning by Personal Learning Networks

Personal Learning Networks — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:29:30 +0000

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Comment on It’s a Small World After All by Personal Learning Networks

Personal Learning Networks — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:27:01 +0000

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Comment on Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Personal Learning Networks

Personal Learning Networks — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:11:11 +0000

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Comment on Networking Best Practices (for Getting and Excelling at Your Job) by Lori Meyer

Lori Meyer — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:53:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing John Luce’s best practices — lots of great tips here; plus, I greatly appreciate the positive tone in which these tips are offered. For example, staying organized and tracking networking activities might sound like drudgery, but it can actually be both energizing and clarifying. When I started keeping a weekly “status report” for myself, it was a great reminder of how much I had actually accomplished; in addition it helped me to clarify some of my goals.
Thanks for the upbeat and informative post!

Comment on Test Your Networking Knowledge by Doug Albright

Doug Albright — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:18:41 +0000

Sue,
Thanks for being active in the August Group.

I have been a member of the August Group for almost 7 years, with two periods when I was job hunting(one long, one short). I continue to make myself available for networking meetings.
The biggest mistake I see people make is violating the WIIFM rule.
If you only network when you need something your reputation will reflect that. That reputation can be built when you only network when you are out of work. Remember: “Give to Get”

You must also do more than just go through the motions of networking. As it says above, it takes 6 – 8 interactions to register on someone’s radar screen. I often have networking meetings and never hear from the person again. You need to use a mix of face to face meetings and social media.
There is an delicate but important balance to be sought. You need the 6 – 8 interactions to be remembered, but you also have to take into account the contact’s average of 250 business contacts, plus their personal contacts. The best contacts are those that become both professional and personal. I have a developed a small group through TAG and elsewhere that are both.
Second best are business contacts that you have developed a relationship with. You want to be someone they think of when they hear of an opportunity.
Doug

Comment on Test Your Networking Knowledge by Skip Beaver

Skip Beaver — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:05:10 +0000

Well, I got them all correct. I guess its because I was into the “networking” thing long before it was fashionable. I was “downsized” (remember that term) the first time in 1991. My circle of friends, co-workers, business associates, community service partners, etc were my source of support and guidance to a new job. I didn’t call it networking, it was just life. What I learned was not only receive but GIVE BACK.. Since those days I have always been there to help those who have lost their job, needed a resume brush up, or just some one to chat with to get them back on their career path. I have been blessed with two great careers and now in my mid 50′s am starting a third. Networking, life or whatever we want to call is so vital that without it, I am not sure where my professional life would have went. So yes, pay it forward and let other benefit from the path you have already tread. Skip

Comment on Test Your Networking Knowledge by Deanna Peet

Deanna Peet — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:35:51 +0000

I got all four correct and would love to read this book. I have been networking every way possible and expanding my network through LinkedIn and Facebook and also with every person I talk to. You really do need to make your network work for you.