Networking 2.0: Blogging Your Way Out of a Job... and Into a Career
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Networking 2.0:Blogging Your Way Out of a Job... and Into a Career!
Sacha Chuahttp://[email protected]
February 27, 2008Concordia University Alumni Association
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The difference between a job and a career is the difference between like and love.
If you like your work...
If you love your work...
“Work is love made visible.”- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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To transform your job into a career, you need passion, skills, and a network.
Develop your passion
Improveyour skills
Grow your network
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To transform your job into a career, you need passion, skills, and a network.
Blog!
Develop your passion
Improveyour skills
Grow your network
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What’s in it for you?
Blog!
Develop your passion
Improveyour skills
Grow your network
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I want to help you develop your passion, skills, and network through blogging.Who am I? Enterprise social computing consultant
at IBM: I help companies use Web 2.0 to help people improve their productivity and to collaborate more effectively
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I want to help you develop your passion, skills, and network through blogging.Who am I? Enterprise social computing consultant
at IBM: I help companies use Web 2.0 to help people improve their productivity and to collaborate more effectively
Storyteller, author, geek…
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I want to help you develop your passion, skills, and network through blogging.Who am I? Enterprise social computing consultant
at IBM: I help companies use Web 2.0 to help people improve their productivity and to collaborate more effectively
Storyteller, author, geek… … and an introvert! Really!
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Blogging can help you develop your passion.
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Blogging can help you improve your skills.
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Blogging can help you grow your network.
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But if it were that easy, everyone would be doing it,and doing it well.
ACTIVITY: Barriers (5 minutes)
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Barriers discourage us from doing what we want to do and being who we want to be.
“I don't know what to do.”
“I don't have time.”
“I don’t know who’ll read it.”
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“I don't know what to do.”
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• Remember• Reflect• Reach out
- Success- Competence- Character
“I don't know what to do.”
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“I don't have the time.”
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Sharpen the saw Make the time Make it a habit
“I don't have the time.”
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“I don’t know who’ll read it.”
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What else is holding you back from blogging?
Questions & Answers
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Break through those barriers and transform your job into a career.
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Blogging can help you develop your passion.
You’re going to bore yourself in the beginning.That’s okay. Keep writing.You’ll discover whatsets you on fire.
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Blogging can help you improve your skills.
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Blogging can help you grow your network.
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Imagine...
... finding a job
... getting a promotion
... getting clients
because of your blog
Blog!
Passion
Skills Network
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It's easy to start blogging.
1. Set up a blog. 2. Write regularly.3. Reach out.
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1. Set up a blog.Wordpress.com, Blogger.com
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2. Share regularly.
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2. Share regularly.
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3. Reach out.
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http://sachachua.com/
Networking assignment:1. Find at least two blogging buddies.2. Exchange contact
information.3. Start your blog and tell
them about it by Sunday. Network on my site, too.4. Read each other’s blogs
and comment!