Academik

Today in my usual perusing (watch) of tech blogs I’ve run into a number of networking tutorials which I think are really important. In addition I’ve also found several resources for utilizing Linked In including a blog dedicated to just that. Take some time to read Networking 101 which I think can make a big difference for anyone.

Networking 101 – A blog post by Seth Levine, a venture capitalist, that will be a great tool for meetings both with clients and contacts.

1) Left to their own devices, people tend to ramble . . . ramble . . . ramble. The conversation lacks focus, direction and purpose. Sometimes this is fun; most of the time it’s a waste of time.

2) ) Most people don’t seem to know what they want to get out of meetings like these. This clearly contributes to the rambling – there’s no focus because there’s no clear end point or goal.

To speed things along a bit, I’ve been starting these meetings of late with a simple question: “What do you want to get out of this meeting”

At the bottom of his post, please make sure to read his previous post – Networking 101 (the original).

LinkedIn – Richard Upton is a senior applicatons manager at Sony who seems to live by Linked In. He has a few beginning tips here as well as an entire blog dedicated to utilizing the service! There is also a Linked In Power User Forum that I have not had a chance to look through, but seems like it could be a good resource.