Networking Tip: Volunteer
If you see a place where people are volunteering you will
find that they are doing it because of money. If they were doing it for
money then their common sense would have told them way before about the
economics of it. These people are there because they want to give back
something. They want to be a part of the community, which means
that they are open for networking. The doors are open. These guys
are easily approachable and are happy go lucky kind of people. They have
left their egos way back to give back.
We had a paper in business school on "What makes an organization a learning organization?" One of the things it mentioned was that the leaders of great organizations were always involved in some kind of organizations - mostly nonprofit. Not to mention they were lifelong leaders. So if you go to volunteer at an event or do any kind of service project for any organization then any guesses whom you will find there? Leaders. Trust me, try it out. Bonding is lasting and you will make some great friends. And as I always say, don't go there for the sake of networking but go for the sake of friendship.
We had a paper in business school on "What makes an organization a learning organization?" One of the things it mentioned was that the leaders of great organizations were always involved in some kind of organizations - mostly nonprofit. Not to mention they were lifelong leaders. So if you go to volunteer at an event or do any kind of service project for any organization then any guesses whom you will find there? Leaders. Trust me, try it out. Bonding is lasting and you will make some great friends. And as I always say, don't go there for the sake of networking but go for the sake of friendship.