Events Of All Kinds

In person events are the bullet train of networking.

Why? You are put together with a set of people who all care about the same thing in a condensed time line. It's like summer camp for adults. Sink or swim there is nothing like being stuck in a room with strangers to break past the awkward acquaintance wall and build real connections.

Wait, didn't you say…and I quote…knowing how to make friends in a crowd of strangers is not networking?

I did! That's because going to an event as a guest and wandering around making connections is not very effective. It CAN be if you're a natural at talking to strangers, but there are some cheat codes for making the most out of events to grow your network.