January 23, 2009

How to network yourself to apply for a nonprofit organization out of state ?

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January 25, 2009

Toonces @ 11:05 pm

Remote networking is very hard to do. You need to build up email addresses of the people who work for that company. Also, try to find other organizations they're in partnership with.

Be careful to tell them your situation and you cannot afford travel. The down side of this is some companies might want a demonstration of leadership in how to get out of tough situation. NPOs really want to see this kind of motivation because they do not have an excess of money or 'profit bank' to draw off of. Motivated and inventive people are cornerstones to NPOs and volunteer industries.

See if you can get friends or family to be in contact with people who work for the company and see if they can do some leg work for you. Have them use the terms 'indisposed' or "has a full planer" for reasons you cannot come out there for networking. In turn, fill up your planer to come up with ways to get money to go out there for "face time" and serious networking.

Anyway, good luck and keep knocking on those doors, even if you have to move.

T

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