[slothpiece]

I have had so much success in 2017 careerwise, I have become incel because of all the winning. DJT's inauguration and my promotion to lead of my gr department has led me forward this year. I have not had much time outside of work to take part in previous activities like getting beast by spending 2.5 hours a day 4 times a week in the gym doing powerbuilding, but I have been spending 12 to 14+ hours a day trying to kill it at my new job my former boss just left for a sweet corporate gr gig.

I thought I would start a new thread on booking times throughout your week for networking since there appears to be a lack of threads dedicated to this subject in the Lifestyle section.

I used to spend a few years dedicating most of my time outside of work pushing iron at the gym. But suddenly my work schedule became what my former boss's schedule looked like, and now I am faced with the reality that I am unable to spend that time physically in the gym without becoming a morning person--a person I do not wish to become.

I wanted to open up a thread on networking. I still have many books to read on the subject, but I have to reiteratate that my good friends have told me time and time again, that I can't spend all my time in the gym because the time you are not spending networking is time you are not spending building your social networking skills for your career. He and his wife are miles ahead of me in this space, but I am older than them and very much respect them for their teamwork while building their careers and brand in Washington.

I thought we could open up the discussion on great networking techniques you have incorporated into your weekly routine to further build relationships and to weed out any hiccups you may have experienced during your weekly social interactions with business leaders in your field. Thank you.

[blck]

(06-11-2017 02:11 AM)slothpiece Wrote:  

I thought we could open up the discussion on great networking techniques you have incorporated into your weekly routine to further build relationships and to weed out any hiccups you may have experienced during your weekly social interactions with business leaders in your field. Thank you.

There is a highly valuable thread on the networking topic, just pay a visit, you might find it interesting.

[Easy_C]

If we're talking about Corporate networking, there's a few gems on Wall Street Oasis.

e.g.: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/5-s...networking

[slothpiece]

Thank you, blck. There's a lot of information in that thread that I intend to read. Easy-C, I'm talking about networking in DC in a deep pool of people working in the following:

- Advocacy/Government Relations/Government/Public Policy/Politics/Corporate GR & PACs/Non-profits/Educational Institutions with a Washington presence/Vendors who Service These Fields/News Media

This includes people from the top on down including Members of Congress, their staff, congressional committee staffers, leadership, leadership staffers, federal and state government executives and staffers, state legislators and their staff, state executive branch department and agency executives and liaisons, government contractors, municipal government representatives and city councilmen, mayors, non-profit executives and staff, military, diplomats, embassy representatives and staff, think tank executives and staff, PACs and PAC representatives, political campaign staffers, political fundraisers, pollsters, law firm representatives, banks, corporate CEOs, corporate government affairs executives, representatives and staff, news media representatives and reporters, and sometimes celebrities championing a certain cause at certain events.

Vendors service all these people, and you'll soon find out that they are very aggressive in their approach to closing you on their service or product.

I have been practicing the whole event series of events I can find through usual networking event lists in DC and sometimes unorthodox event crashing without an official invitation (if I can find the registration URL from those who should receive them and I ask if they want me to attend on their behalf (pretending to be this person with their business card to get in with a nametag is a whole different animal than this post). I think I can put on my networking hat a lot easier than most people in the room because I think I started cold approaching in bars at 21 nearly 16 years ago, but DC has tons of smart people who are very skilled in different niches and will not be afraid to school you in front of people if you are not careful. Not to mention some have considerable prestige and fame to go with their knowledge and experience and you need to respect that.

The follow-up emails are where I'm sort of navigating randomly. Meeting a celebrity by cold approach, warming them up to you, then following up about cocktails or coffee hasn't worked so great just yet. This can go another way with people in lower positions than me. Sometimes I just want to offer a hand in case they need anything like I did when I moved to DC after college. Of course many emails get zero response and I just end up seeing them again at another event and say hello depending on the circumstances.

Happy to dive deeper into this type of networking or other related networking issues so we can all improve our careers and networking skills.