Yeah, I don't think I've puffed myself up as part of networking, or been puffed at. if I was going to seal the deal at this training session I would need business cards, since I'm not at a LinkedIn place with any of them yet. but that's the end step of most of it these days. I do that with vendors and consultants, which are more directly related to my gig.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2013 8:47:46 am PST #12817 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela - Feb 26, 2013 8:58:50 am PST #12818 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, business cards. I should print up a few for this thing. Even though one way or another my job title is going to change...
Liese S. - Feb 26, 2013 9:00:16 am PST #12819 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Remembering I'm going to be at something where I might need more than the five or so business cards I usually have in my wallet is another challenge. Like this event this weekend. I need to refill.
amych - Feb 26, 2013 9:01:37 am PST #12820 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yay Nilly and Nilly Junior!
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2013 9:22:26 am PST #12821 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My boss is letting me leave at 2:00 because of the snowstorm.
At this point I wish I hadn't driven to work. We'll see how the commute back is.
Jessica - Feb 26, 2013 9:26:25 am PST #12822 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Networking is the same thing geeks do at conventions for fun. It's just hanging out with people who like the same things you do and talking about what you like.
I wish being in a large crowd of strangers making small talk sounded like anything resembling fun, but I'm practically having a panic attack just reading this paragraph.
Like, I went to a convention, and a guy who thought I was cute bought me a drink, and then I met his friend who did a 'zine, and he liked a piece I wrote so he published it, and at the next con I met some of his friends who also liked what I wrote, and suddenly I was having a beer with Stephen King.
The last time I went to a convention, I stood in the back of the bar clutching my glass of wine and trying to look normal. I think I spoke to maybe three people all night.
Glamcookie - Feb 26, 2013 9:28:05 am PST #12823 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
You don't have to be in large crowds to effectively network. Just chatting with people you know could lead to opportunities (see my hair dresser example).
Jessica - Feb 26, 2013 9:36:22 am PST #12824 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Just chatting" is incredibly draining for me unless I know the other person well. It's not easy, or fun.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2013 9:42:33 am PST #12825 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Twenty Years Ago: World Trade Center Bombing
Wow, 20 years ago.
It seems like that World Trade Center bombing has been largely forgotten after 9/11.
Jesse - Feb 26, 2013 9:42:53 am PST #12826 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Then you can identify any connectors you already know, and just stay in touch with them. I mean, assuming you are interested in being introduced to new people or hearing about job openings, etc. I know a couple of people who know EVERYONE, and that's how I met half of everyone. In my field in NYC, anyway. I really don't talk to strangers.