The document discusses the importance of personal and professional networks. It notes that a social network is made up of relationships between people rather than just the people themselves. Maintaining connections through various networks like family, friends, coworkers, and business partners can provide benefits like opportunities for recruiting, hiring, engagement, retention, finding expertise, developing relationships, and more over time. Strong networks allow information, ideas, and understanding to flow openly through collaboration.

1. The Power of your Personal and Professional Networking Thursday November 6 th 5:30pm

3. Who are you?

7. Who do you know? Who do they know?

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12. What do you know? What do you do?

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15. What’s the same? What’s changed?

17. YOU Community Network Family Network University Network Business Partner Network Corporate Network There isn’t a single network

18. Other people around the world Other IBMers around the world Other IBMers in your country Co-Workers Friends You Jim Mary Your manager Jim’s manager Susan John Helen Roberto Akira Chris Peter Frequent e-mails Infrequent e-mails web2.0 collaboration

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20. What’s up with blogs?

21. A flow of information, ideas, insight Opens door for conversations, collaboration, understanding Transparent, available, searchable Inside/Outside the Firewall

22. ROI?

23. Why is this important to YOU? to US?

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25. Serious help? find and search enable business and innovation engage in activities and events manage personal information

26. Patterns Recruiting Hiring Engaging Retaining Finding people Demonstrating expertise Developing relationships Maintaining ties Thinking Organizing Brainstorming Expressing yourself Mentoring Shifting jobs Retiring Continuing the journey... YOU

27. Ignore Acknowledge Engage