Networking: Why Face to Face When Online Is So Easy?

Social networking has made it easy to build a network. You can join groups, find people who perfectly meet the idea you have of great power partners, and never have to get out of your pajamas. Why would you get yourself dressed and drag yourself off to meet strangers face to face? Here are a few reasons.

1. As Rick Silva, a customary networking expert, says, "At some point, you're going to have to shake a hand." How I illustrate that is that, while it's inherent to organize some very nice, close relationships with those wee faces in profiles on your screen, you don't beyond doubt connect until you are face to face. You don't beyond doubt have a opportunity to organize trust until you're both real, live people engaged in conversation. Right now, you're reading an report by someone you've never met. Maybe you've read other articles I've written and think that my "voice" seems worth your time. How much more associated would you feel if you and I were having a cup of coffee or tea together and talking about these same issues? Would you feel more of a connection to a real someone than you do to words on a screen?

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2. When you think handshakes, how much do you resolve about a someone based on their handshake? Did they put out a limp hand and just let it lay there while you moved it around? Did they grip your hand so forcefully that you had to pry your fingers apart later? I used to work on projects with a fellow at a large national company. He was based in other state and traveled a lot so we had never met. It happened that we were in a premise in Phoenix, Arizona at the same time. He knew the people there very well, so he knew, when he saw me in the hallway, that I was a face that didn't fit. In a loud voice from the other end of a long hallway, he shouted, "Joy! Nice to finally meet you!" as he strode toward me. He grabbed my hand and left me in pain for the rest of the day. Yes, it affected my opinion!

3. people often have a different "voice" on pages and in person. A young man asked for help with his writing. His job was to recommend software to the company's clients. He and the other people in his department spent half their time trying out software and writing reviews and half their time at client's offices. The reviews were used by all of them. His company liked how he dealt with the clients but they were going to let him go if he didn't outline out how to write great reviews. After looking at two of his reviews, it was clear that his paper voice and his face to face voice were not at all alike. The reviews were cold and impersonal. They failed to get the message across. A voice to text program put his likable personality into the reviews, included more relevant information, and solved the problem.

Conclusion: You can use clear, concise communication online and get your message across but, until you put a real voice, a real handshake, and a real face with your message, you haven't made a solid connection. You need the online connections and you need the face to face connections to succeed.

Networking: Why Face to Face When Online Is So Easy?

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