Developing a Networking Plan | Origin: CS117
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Teaching Professional Networking Skills for Career Success --> Developing a Networking Plan
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Broader networking goals, such as seeking to mentor and strengthen a community, organically provide opportunities to achieve immediate career goals. For instance, building trust/community across multiple departments in one's organization might lead to resources and support for future projects. This further reemphasizes the necessity of viewing networking as more than just a tool to reach a goal, but a symbiotic map of relationships between human beings.
Students might need help breaking down their broader goals into an actionable plan, so I enjoyed the module's suggestion of creating a mind map of people in your network and arranging them according to the respective circles they occupy in your life. This gives students a tangible way to track and understand who they already have in their network and what level/type of support they can reasonably expect.
I learned quite a bit on how in depth networking is. I also learned some great strategies for creating networking plans. I think the worksheets are great for both personal use and to use as a resource when working with students.
Kelly Fulghum
I have learned how to network better and how to conduct conversations with other people who are networking. This will help me to be able to assist our students to meet potential employers from information gathered from people that I meet.
En este espacio de aprendizaje he podido aprender los procesos y estrategias a considerar para el desarrollo de una presentación profesional significativa, logrando impactar a la udiencia e incrementando el nivel de confianza con los contactos. De ahí que este aprendizaje podré aplicarlo a la hora de elaborar mi mapa de Networking, considerando los diversos niveles de contactos conforme a su nivel de cercanía y aporte relacional.
I will encourage my students to develop their "elevator pitch" for their introductions to their network.
Opening that initial conversation is key to moving the connection forward and it is not that hard. People like to talk!
I’m excited to work with students on the idea of inbound and outbound networking. Who do you know in the industry you are seeking (outbound)? And, try finding someone to contact at a company you are interested in and reach out to see if you can make contact (inbound). I think talking to both someone they know and someone they don’t know about their chosen industry will be a great experience.
In this module, I learned creating networking goals, defining a networking target, mapping a network, and how to make an professional introduction (aka elevator pitch).
Developing my networking goals and plan will be my homework for the next few weeks.
I will apply this by determining my networking goals, making a list of my available resources, and follow up, Identify and understand my assets.
