Comments on: Open Thread: What's Your Professional Networking Style?

By: magia3e

magia3e — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:57:22 +0000

As a psychologist I’m always concerned about pigeonholing. I think it’s leaked into my IA work because I tend to cringe when anyone puts a taxonomy in front of me – does it really reflect the totality of the world?

This taxonomical structure for classifying ways of networking is certainly an interesting one. I actually wonder what would happen if we just asked everyone to ‘tag’ their networking preference and observe the emergent structure that evolved.

By: ernesto schutz

ernesto schutz — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:28:22 +0000

Hi,
Friendship Cultivators – friends mean a lot to them and they spend a significant amount of their time nurturing friendships. They’re always arranging get togethers and are in constant touch with friends online and on the phone
WFT?
LOL

Ernest

By: Jon McKee

Jon McKee — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:24:59 +0000

Excellent article. I’ve shown it to my co-workers and asked them what kind of friend they are? jon

By: randramble

randramble — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:24:06 +0000

My style is close to Harvester, but not fully captured by any of the mentioned ones. Maybe, I’m cross-breed!

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Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:44:04 +0000

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By: nomadicalloy

nomadicalloy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:49:58 +0000

freindship is good for networking, but you have to look beyond that.

By: Wendy Kinney

Wendy Kinney — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:47:25 +0000

I too am slow to build a friendship, and definitely not a gardener. But I really do appreciate when other people stay in touch with me.

My networking and friendship skills are different, though. Friendship is more about “liking”. I “like” Chris, and I will be his friend no matter what. This does not mean I ignore his weaknesses – it means I accept them, and manage my self around them. I don’t “like” Kim. She only takes, (time, focus, attention) and is too busy to reciprocate in any way. She might think we are friends, but it’s not so.

Here’s the kick, there is no difference between the behaviours I am willing to accept from Chris, and those of Kim’s that I find intollerable!

Another irony – they are both in my network.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:35:33 +0000

I’m trying to think of what name I should use for my own style: I’m slow to collect friends and then I don’t pay much attention to them. That doesn’t seem to be captured here.

By: João Craveiro

João Craveiro — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:22:55 +0000

Mea culpa: i’m a Friendship Gatherer.
Word by word. :x