Comments on: Networking is Building Relationships http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/ Community Strategist Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Maister http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-480 David Maister Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:38:03 +0000 http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-480 Many thanks for the reference and the terrific analysis. David Many thanks for the reference and the terrific analysis. David

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]]> By: Connie http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-363 Connie Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:26:37 +0000 http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-363 I agree that sometimes it does end up being transactional, Clay. We are all unique & sometimes there's no reason that things need to click (& probably a safer world too! :) ) But I can attest that you make an awesome friend! I agree that sometimes it does end up being transactional, Clay. We are all unique & sometimes there’s no reason that things need to click (& probably a safer world too! :) )
But I can attest that you make an awesome friend!

]]> By: Clay Newton http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-353 Clay Newton Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:27:30 +0000 http://conniebensen.com/blog/2007/11/13/networking-is-building-relationships/#comment-353 For myself, I network with an aim of building relationships, but sometimes it ends up being transactional. Not everyone I connect to interests me in the ways a relationship requires, and I am sure that feeling is mutual!! At the same time, some people I have connected to while networking are both fascinating and awesome! The thing is: networking for relationships is work, and I think that is a turn-off for some people. Maybe they are so social in their meatspace lives that networking through the internets is too disconnected. For me, I try to invest as much time and energy into the people I care about as possible. As with any relationship, the energy input is often exceeded by the output. For myself, I network with an aim of building relationships, but sometimes it ends up being transactional. Not everyone I connect to interests me in the ways a relationship requires, and I am sure that feeling is mutual!! At the same time, some people I have connected to while networking are both fascinating and awesome!

The thing is: networking for relationships is work, and I think that is a turn-off for some people. Maybe they are so social in their meatspace lives that networking through the internets is too disconnected. For me, I try to invest as much time and energy into the people I care about as possible.

As with any relationship, the energy input is often exceeded by the output.

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