So I've been reading a few blogs of late about networking. I've been something of an avid consumer of these things for the last couple months and have learned quite a bit. I've also not heard a lot of what i wanted to here, so i'm going to tell you about what i think. Sure, it sounds kind of selfish at first glance, but i want to share with you, so it's not that bad.
What's network weaving, (netweaving)? You can think of Network weaving as networking plus benevolence. The aim of traditional networking is usually to connect yourself to more and more people so that you get more business, referrals, better job offers and the like. Network Weaving, by contrast, focuses on you gathering rather detailed information about the people around you, including their skills, challenges, needs and offerings, so that you can pass this information along to other people in your network.
If you've read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (who hasn't these days), then you get an idea of this in the form of the connector. I think many people looked at the connector and took away their love of people and how many people they knew. The special thing about connectors isn't that they know people, it's that they know people so they can introduce them to other people. In a metaphor, knowing lots of people is the wake behind the ship. But the engine of the ship is helping people solve their problems.
Well, that's enough for now. I'll probably be blogging pretty heavily in the next few days or weeks because i've got lots of information to download. So if you follow this blog it might be like drinking froma firehose. i'll try to keep it interesting, original and relevant.
Peace
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