CHAPTER 4

Networking as a Process (The Process Play)

If we are starting out on our networking journey, or perhaps wish to take a fresh look at how we do things, it can help to lay down a framework.

To clarify, this is not a prescriptive way to network. As mentioned in the introduction, there will always be different strokes for different folks. But scaffolding knowledge in this way helps as a start point and is particularly useful when it comes to practicing the techniques.

And there’s the rub. We must get out and practice.

The good news is the more we do, the easier it will get.

Attending networking events will also bring us into contact with other people who will have their own individual approach to networking. This provides an opportunity ...

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