The most difficult part of networking for me has been not knowing what to say or do. I thought of networking as socializing with people who have similar interests with the possibility of contacting them for help in future. In that light I didn't really know what to say, and didn't know how to filter to find those who either I could help, or those who could receive help from. I also didn't realize that individuals with experience are more than happy to help someone like me who has little experience or skills. Mckenzie Davies' lecture definitely clarified these things for me, and the 30 second pitch was definitely helpful. I've wandered through networking shows before, where business are all lined up with booths around the room, but now I feel I have more purpose in attending these events than to just get free handouts, haha.
Understanding and having a networking mentality would have been very helpful in my leadership role. I feel I could have assisted and been assisted by more people earlier on and would thereby have been more effective.
Although I feel that networking outside of my Operational sphere is temporarily useless since I will be serving a mission for the next two years, I now know which kinds of spheres to engage in and can network with far more direction and purpose. Now that I know what to say I really cannot think of any fears.
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