Comments on: The New (but-should-have-always-been-this-way) Networking http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/ Innovation, social media, PR and music. My mum still thinks I work at Sainsburys. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carly http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Carly Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:09:00 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-37 Beers sound good... And there in spirit? By that do you mean yahoo messenger? Beers sound good… And there in spirit? By that do you mean yahoo messenger?

]]> By: Jed http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jed Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:39:28 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-36 Hi Katharine, Thanks for stopping by! Friends are all-important in a world where you can say hello to anyone you like - people shouldn't blame time restraints or shyness. Relationships mean more. Simple. Twestival was excellent, hopefully there'll be many more to come! As Jim Morrison put it; 'people are strange'. Never a finer word spoken! Hi Katharine,
Thanks for stopping by! Friends are all-important in a world where you can say hello to anyone you like – people shouldn’t blame time restraints or shyness. Relationships mean more. Simple.

Twestival was excellent, hopefully there’ll be many more to come!

As Jim Morrison put it; ‘people are strange’. Never a finer word spoken!

]]> By: Katharine Robinson http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Katharine Robinson Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:26:19 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-35 Hi, Just discovered your blog. Nice post. I agree that 'making friends' is so much more important than business card harvesting. I get very tired of competing for #of contacts, we should value the strength of our contacts instead. I also found twestival very refreshing from this perspective - even if someone did run away from me when they found out I work for a head hunting company. I don't even head hunt in their industry! People are funny. Hi, Just discovered your blog.
Nice post. I agree that ‘making friends’ is so much more important than business card harvesting. I get very tired of competing for #of contacts, we should value the strength of our contacts instead.
I also found twestival very refreshing from this perspective – even if someone did run away from me when they found out I work for a head hunting company. I don’t even head hunt in their industry! People are funny.

]]> By: Jed http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jed Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:37:32 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-34 Hey Carly, I'm there in spirit! I'll miss all of you guys so much - you're all (mostly!!) great people who I loved working with... Beers soon though, eh? Hey Carly, I’m there in spirit!

I’ll miss all of you guys so much – you’re all (mostly!!) great people who I loved working with…

Beers soon though, eh?

]]> By: Carly http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Carly Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:36:24 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-31 Carly ponders an intelligent reponse, scraps it and goes with this instead: I had a friend once. Then he moved away and got another job. :-( Carly ponders an intelligent reponse, scraps it and goes with this instead:

I had a friend once. Then he moved away and got another job.
:-(

]]> By: Paul Stallard http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Paul Stallard Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:06:21 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-32 Nice post and unfortunately all too true. My wife who doesn't work in PR was at a networking event a few weeks ago and started chatting to someone who worked in financial PR. Having listen to me jabber on about PR she knows a little about the subject and started chatting about the industry and mentioned that I worked for a technology PR agency. At this point the guy stopped mid conversation and announced that he felt uncomfortable talking to someone who might steal his ideas!! How sad. Nice post and unfortunately all too true. My wife who doesn’t work in PR was at a networking event a few weeks ago and started chatting to someone who worked in financial PR. Having listen to me jabber on about PR she knows a little about the subject and started chatting about the industry and mentioned that I worked for a technology PR agency. At this point the guy stopped mid conversation and announced that he felt uncomfortable talking to someone who might steal his ideas!! How sad.

]]> By: Chris Norton http://rock-star-pr.com/the-new-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Chris Norton Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:23:55 +0000 http://rock-star-pr.com/?p=18#comment-33 Interesting post Jed - I agree with you that meeting PR people doesn't have to be so formal that you both feel awkward. Personally, being a northerner that has worked in London for five years, I find it a tad tiresome and think we should all lighten up a bit. Although that said business cards do come in handy if you need to get in touch with someone you haven't spoken to in a while. Interesting post Jed – I agree with you that meeting PR people doesn’t have to be so formal that you both feel awkward. Personally, being a northerner that has worked in London for five years, I find it a tad tiresome and think we should all lighten up a bit. Although that said business cards do come in handy if you need to get in touch with someone you haven’t spoken to in a while.

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