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Networking: Don’t Shake Hands, Build a Network

By Kristen Harris Do you cringe when you hear the word “networking”? Get invited to a “networking event” and suddenly have an unavoidable conflict? Often say “I hate networking”? If all you can think of when you hear that word is a room full of fast-talking people handing out business cards and shaking hands, I challenge you to think differently about what networking really is. Consider these definitions of network, as a noun: a group or a system of interconnected people or things an association of individuals having a common

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Networking for Introverts: 10 Tips to Survive and Thrive at Events

By Kristen Harris NETWORKING. Just the word can send a chill down the spine of an introvert. When someone says, “do you want to go to this networking event?” I envision everything I hate—walking into a room full of strangers, an overload of social chitchat, needing to interrupt others to get a word in edgewise, shaking hands and handing out cards to everyone in the room, pitching my business or myself a thousand times—ugh. Let me just go home and curl up with a good book instead. If this is

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Free Networking Ideas

I just read an article in Woman’s Day, entitled Bounce Back From Anything. The article mentions a woman who started her own social networking/support group after she lost her job, SWAN, which stands for Smart Women Are Networking. The group meets once a month to give each other encouragement and remind each other of their strengths. This is a great idea, how can you do something similar for yourself? It’s easy to get into a rut, with one negative thought leading to another and another. By
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