WEBVTT - Commit random acts of networking

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to build your network through

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<v Speaker 1>small actions rather than just big ones. Today's tip, like

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<v Speaker 1>the next few, this week, comes from J. Kelly Howey's

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<v Speaker 1>new book, Build Your Dream Network. Hoei is a writer

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<v Speaker 1>and investor and quite the connector. In Build Your Dream Network,

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<v Speaker 1>she shares her wisdom with the rest of us. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>many of us assume that networking is about big things,

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<v Speaker 1>going to a conference, for instance, and you should certainly

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<v Speaker 1>do big things occasionally. But the nature of big activities

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<v Speaker 1>is to be occasional, and, as Hoey writes, successful networking

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<v Speaker 1>requires understanding the immense power of regular, daily activities to

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<v Speaker 1>connect with someone else. What are these activities? These random

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<v Speaker 1>acts of networking? Holy lists several Your email signature line,

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<v Speaker 1>what does it say about you? Does it make people

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<v Speaker 1>want to get to know you and want to introduce

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<v Speaker 1>you to other people? How about the wording of your

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<v Speaker 1>out of office auto responder or your voicemail message. All

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<v Speaker 1>of these are opportunities to interact well with people who

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<v Speaker 1>are trying to communicate with you. Handled well, they can

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<v Speaker 1>strengthen your network. Likewise, an update posted on your LinkedIn

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<v Speaker 1>profile is networking. Your head shot on a social media

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<v Speaker 1>profile is networking. People will search for your name, and

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<v Speaker 1>after looking at your head shot, will decide if they'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to get in touch. Now, no one needs to

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<v Speaker 1>look like a cover model, but we probably do want

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<v Speaker 1>to look approachable and professional and convey an important part

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<v Speaker 1>of our identities. This way you are Invoices can actually

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<v Speaker 1>be acts of networking. An invoice might get forwarded around

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<v Speaker 1>to various places at the organization that's processing it, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of these people represent opportunities to connect. Participating in

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<v Speaker 1>a Twitter chat can be an act of networking, as

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<v Speaker 1>other people see your comments using a particular hashtag. Even

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<v Speaker 1>taking the stairs can be an act of networking if

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<v Speaker 1>you do it with the goal of saying hello to

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<v Speaker 1>someone in a different part of the building. The same

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<v Speaker 1>goes for trying out a new spot in a coworking space.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea is simply realizing that every time someone has

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<v Speaker 1>an interaction or a potential interaction with you, it's networking. Yet,

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<v Speaker 1>while we might spend quite a while figuring out what

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<v Speaker 1>to wear to an official networking event, we spend less

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<v Speaker 1>time pondering our email signatures. Even though these signatures we'll

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<v Speaker 1>reach a lot more people. I confess that after reading

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<v Speaker 1>Hoey's reminder of that, realized that I hadn't updated my

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<v Speaker 1>signature in oh a year. Best to get moving on that.

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<v Speaker 1>So think about your day and think about all the

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<v Speaker 1>ways people wind up interacting with you. How can you

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<v Speaker 1>choose to make these interactions as positive and as meaningful

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<v Speaker 1>as possible? What random acts of networking will you commit today?

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<v Speaker 1>You can let me know at Before Breakfast podcast at

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