From the course: Digital Networking Strategies
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Meeting others through group chat
From the course: Digital Networking Strategies
Meeting others through group chat
- When people think of networking, they think of the traditional picture, a room full of professionals shaking hands and making introductions. The problem with this is that you're limited to networking with the people who are in that room. Technology has literally placed the world at your feet from a networking perspective. Digital chatting is the next great frontier for networking and mastering it isn't as overwhelming or stressful as you might think. Let's start with Twitter. It's more than a platform for random cat pictures and feuds between pop stars. While it's a good start to follow your industry's thought leaders and major companies, the real networking power of Twitter comes from Twitter chats. A Twitter chat is a pre-arranged digital event when people from all over the world use a hashtag to discuss a particular topic at the same time. For example, a software company may set up a Twitter chat on a Thursday…