If you think the word "Networking" only refers to your business computers, then you need to read this.

The other day I had a guy try to convince me that "Business Networking", and all that "interpersonal, getting to know other folks, stuff" was a bunch of "B.S.".....

I asked if he had business computers.  I asked if they were Networked together.  He said "yes".  I asked Why?  He said What??  I again asked "Why, are your business computers networked together.   Please, tell me with as much detail as you can "why bother with a business network?".

He explained it as:

• If one computer does not have the ability to do a job, a connected one will.
• If one computer is busy, then the job can be done by another one.
• If the information he needs is not on the computer he is using, another one in the Network will have the information.
• That if one computer fails, he is still up and running as the "Network" provides the needed resources to do the job, almost no matter what.
• That it was just bad business to have only one computer or not to be connected.  It would be like putting all your eggs in one basket.....

At this point I stopped him, and thanked him for explaining why all that " Business Networking", and all that "interpersonal, getting to know other folks, stuff", was in fact just good business.

He had a real strange look on his face, but then he got it.  You business network, for the same reason you Network your office computers.  It's a real simple and inexpensive way to increase your resources and protect your business.

So, stop reading this magazine, pick up the phone, and do lunch, dinner, or drinks with some business folks and get that "Network" started.

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