Network in a way that plays to your strengths, recommended Shana Montesol Johnson, a career and leadership coach who works with development professionals, in a video interview with Devex’s Kate Warren at the Manila Career Forum.
People often have high expectations during formal networking events, but these situations can also be overwhelming, and that’s normal. It can be more valuable to think of networking as anything you can do to help build and maintain relationships with people who you can help — and who can perhaps help you, whether now or down the road.
“It’s not limited just to swapping business cards,” she said, adding that networking can be at book club or a PTA meeting.
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Kelli Rogers@kellierin
Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.
