On 03/10/09 9:12 AM, David Calloway wrote:
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Hi Byron,
I've been afraid to read this book, for how much I'd end up spending on lunches out. I'd like to learn how people can be creative about that, especially now, with so many people needing to network, but being on tighter budgets than ever.
That being said, want to do lunch soon?
Cheers,
David
[btw: here's his blog]
I've been afraid to read this book, for how much I'd end up spending on lunches out. I'd like to learn how people can be creative about that, especially now, with so many people needing to network, but being on tighter budgets than ever.
That being said, want to do lunch soon?
Cheers,
David
[btw: here's his blog]
So this is the response I wrote:
Which book, mine? You can still read it, in lieu of your reservations. . .
The point about lunches and dinners is to maximize their effectiveness. If you're going to pay $50 to lunch with one person, then that's fine. But what about spending $50 to lunch with four people. You get a better return 'per-person' and you also get the chance to catch up with and/or build relationships with *multiple people* at a time. Also, they get to meet and connect with new people. Everyone wins. I think Netweaving is a drastically more efficient version of networking.
6 months ago, I had my first event, and only I was the only one that showed up. The last two have had 10+ people, and different sets of people each time! This one is on track to have about 15+. And I'm only spending about $30 for the night . . . to netweave/network with 20 people I know, and their close friends or co-workers.
Currently I plan to have an 'outing' about every five weeks. I invite everyone I know, and encourage them to invite their friends. It ends up being both intimate (people you know and trust) and fun (meet new people).
One thing I plan in the future is to have pot-lucks at my house centered around something stupid like renting a movie, watching a season finale or something like that. This requires minimal cash and cooking skills. Just a lot of dish-washing!
Plus, the book isn't all about 'networking' the way people normally think of networking. It has a lot of good information about the science of networks, how businesses network (products and services) as well as helping to create a strategy for networking, and some great information to make yourself a better communicator.
I guess from my perspective, there's soo much good information about networks (which people know little about) and networking (which people think they know a lot about) that i don't (want to:) understand why anyone wouldn't want to read my book.
Also, I need people to critique and criticize it. So read it to help me out?!
Besides, the e-book is free to download. Reading it will, however cost you time. But I'm sure you'll get more out of it than you think.
Tongue in cheek: stop being selfish, Netweaving is about helping others out, not just yourself. It's also about finding efficient ways to do it. It's like the Advanced Course for networking.
Byron
ps: this sounds like a great blog post, can I use your message and my response as a blog post? If not, i plan to just put my part on the blog. Any reservations about that?
pps: when you check my blog out, make sure you become a 'follower' at the bottom of the page please.
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As it turns out, he was talking about Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi, not my book. But I thought it was a good reply (half way through I turned it into this blog post).
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