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"(Net)Working Outside of Work"

This post was written by Kendra Brodin: "After a long day at the office, usually the last thing we want to think about is more work. But if you want to really want to get yourself known, you'll get involved in community activities or in social causes.

A lot of people just don't enjoy the typical networking events: stiff conversation at a cocktail party or a formal luncheon or dinner. But volunteering is a great way to network without really trying. It is a way that you can benefit yourself and whatever organization, project, or cause you're interested in, and it can be fun.

You can volunteer for a political party or the bar association. Or you can volunteer for a nonprofit organization that does work you feel strongly about, such as domestic violence, animal abuse/rescue, cancer (or any disease), or homelessness. You can volunteer at a school, at your church, at a museum or library, in the hospital, at the local food pantry or soup kitchen. The possibilities are endless, yet the need is immense..."

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 15 October 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).