Effective Networking

12 Feb

Beth Kanter: Eight Secrets of Effective Online Networking

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Beth Kanter February 12, 2008 at 8:36 pm #

Anything to add to that list?
christopher carfi February 14, 2008 at 6:46 pm #

hi, beth…i think the key thing i’d add would be to leverage existing offline networks. we’ve found with the network for the PAMA certification ( http://haystack.cerado.com/jetblast ), one of the keys to getting interaction going in the network is to connect individuals who are already part of a “latent” network, but who currently don’t have an online venue where they can interact.

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