Wedding/Job Networking

When you have an harmonious relation at your work, you can go to social events and have a great deal of fun, I just advise to look out for some details that prevent you for crashing the party.

Javier and Juan wedding went on, the one I told you that we helped on the mask making over. Javier is some of my team mantes and he take special care about the details the wedding was about to have. He and Juan distributed the seatings for the event, for example.

All of my coworkers were sited together at a table, and some others on the next table, so we were a big group at the wedding.

When you have enough trust and a good work environment, you became as a little family and usually begin to get knowledge of some aspects that for the professional environment maybe its not easy to bring on.

Me and my peers did our best to have the time of our lives, we forget about the job responsibilities, and merge at a different space. So much was the fun that we came back to have a little more fun, now we are organizing the "Posada" because we have a great time when we are together. It's really amazing to know that in a job you can have friendship acquaintances, at the end we spend about a third of a day on the job.

Some useful tips for network with your coworkers at party environments:

a) Be respectful, be aware of not crossing the trust limits with your friends.

b) Get to know the date of your friends, most of them will not be acquainted with the rest of the team, but its a perfect opportunity to meet them.

c) Take care of your group, there always be someone that lost his cell phone, or that get a little bit drunk. Do not take pictures or video, never interfere between the trust bond that you created.

d) Have a great time and do networking.

Do you have a wedding experience to share?

Specialized Shopping Networking

The past week I was on a road trip with my family and kids when suddenly we heard a loud noise, at first we thought that it was made by the car next to us, the type of an explosion maker. In a further distance I was listening to the claq, claq, claq sound that usually indicates a flat tire.

As soon as I stopped my dad, brother and sons take care of the situation and change the flat tire. Everyone collaborated on this matter, and my dad and brother seized the opportunity to teach my kids to do it. It's like the knowledge transference in a small community, the elder teach the younger.

Once I can get in the road again, I have to quote in different places my new tire. This duty took me about 3 days and a lot of phone calls. I couldn't understand why a tire cost that much. Those are things that I will never understand. Javier, my uncle, told me that I have to be careful where I buy my tire, because I could be tricked, so that if the tire cost a little bit more I should buy it at a company that gave me some type of warranty. This is another type of knowledge transference.

Then I remember that my friend Karla told me that when in trouble, I will have to place my need to the "universe" so it can move some strings and eventually the right answer will arise. So I start by telling my case and suddenly Lily, other good friend of mine, listened to me and told me, Do you remember Luis? He works for a tire company and all our friends, including me, have bought some tires from him, why don't you ask him?

So I did and Luis was really kind, he also get me some type of "discount" and ask for the tire and send it to a near address. The same day I was buying from him my tire, he was doing the same job for other of our friends, Yamin.

So with this in mind, I share with you the networking comment:

1.- Family is very important on the knowledge transfer, give the elders the opportunity to teach the new generations, this is a networking privilege that its worth to remember.

2.- Asking the "universe" for help, this means telling others what you need, may help you to get access or contacts that may help you on your needs and may have a good advice.

3.- Be helpful with your friends and offer your services, that may lead you to get some others on the future. If you are specialist at some theme, share it, you may get a lot of projection.

Networking and Collaboration

Nowadays when you think about innovation, collaboration schemes are used to enhance ideas, products, services or just to create something new. For me it's a way to do intentional networking.

I'm going to present some examples on how collaboration has promoted or changed some of everyday activities and so different in the past.

Musical Collaboration: For sure you have listened singers that have made different musical collaborations, this mixes have taken them to explore rhythms, musical tendencies, and then they came back with a different proposal that works. Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Shakira, Ricky Martin had made their carriers by doing important collaborations that lead them to reach different audiences.

Food Collaboration: Maybe you are familiarized with Gaston Acurio proposal, he is a well known chef with 34 restaurants among 11 different countries. His popularity increased when he collaborated with colleagues and cooks to improve the taste of the food he was offering to his customers. He had a TV show and share with the people his recipes, sometimes he had feedback and improved them. Thanks to this collaboration, Peruvian food is now worldwide recognized among the best.

Entrepreneurship Collaboration: Do you have a good idea, but lack of the monetary funds to put it on practice? Use collaboration, there are a lot of well-intended people that are interested in changing this world, invest their money towards progress and have a little fun on the side. Kickstarter its a web page that allows entrepreneurs to post their projects and share them. If you are a regular people you may invest on a project that you found interesting. When the project gets the requested funds, it became an obligation to make true the project, some of them have gained and surpassed the money that they have assured their product sales for the rest of the year.

So when you have a good idea, consider to share it with more people, maybe transform your idea in a joint project. And don't forget to change to a Networking Mindset attitude.