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How to use storytelling to connect with others
The psychology behind storytelling
How to craft compelling stories
Networks network with networks through networks
Networks have interactions; they can meet, combine, and fight.
Because networks network, you and your company have much more connections than you can imagine.
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It's a small world
In a famous letter experiment, Stanley Milgram showed roughly six degrees of separation between any two random individuals. Other studies suggest that social media lessened the degrees of separation.
We can use this knowledge to make networking less intimidating. Your netwo...
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Identify the superconnectors
Your network structure is as important to spread ideas as the content.
Superconnectors are the influencers, policymakers and people who are known throughout history. Their status as superconnectors is one reason why they remain famous.
If you learn to recognis...
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Networks never sleep
Networks are complex systems whose behaviours are hard to predict: For example, superconnectors can become outcasts, new networks can form, or new combinations can make stronger connections.
Keep observing and tapping into new networks. While you may feel comfortable in th...
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Birds of a feather
Individuals tend to associate and bond with others similar to themselves - known as homophily. This can be seen at school or in the boardroom.
When we make our networks more inclusive and cultivate good relationships, we don't narrow our networking potential but expand it....
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Networking is central to history
History is not so much the story of great people steering events. History is what happens with the networks of men and women - when the networks trade, fight, complete, consume resources or lend support.
Niall Ferguson, historian-by-trade, studies network science and has
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Networks are inegalitarian
Some nodes are better connected than others. This creates influencers.
Some networks benefit from a hierarchical structure, such as the military, while others benefit from being more equal, such as university members.
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Develop an effective network
Having an effective network can help buffer you from potentially adverse career events.
This means nurturing your existing network and establishing new connections over time. Remember to focus on building relationships, not contacts.
Let people know your movements
Use your social networks to tell everyone how excited you are to network and where and when they can meet you.
Don’t forget, you’re giving up your time to attend this event so you need to take something from it.
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