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Networking is important.
In fact, Networking is pivotal to one’s business growth.

By definition, Networking is the reciprocal process of exchanging ideas, opportunities, experiences, information, knowledge & expertise that w ill enhance our professional & personal lives - possibly contributing exponentially in return to the effort investment.

Through the system of Networking, we achieve the potential of knowing the ‘right’ people (contacts or ‘guan xi’ in China) and for the ‘right’ people who will know us.

If we examine our own experiences, we may realise that most times, we prefer to do business with those whom we know, whom we trust. We can know and develop trust thru the active action of networking. This is why building a good network will prove invaluable.

Another view of networking is that it allows us to gather new knowledge, new skills, new expertise from people with the intimate & specialized knowledge. As quoted from ‘The Secrets of Savy Networking’ by Susan Roane: ‘The closest thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. (Powerful people have linkages that are plentiful, diverse and expansive - and are able to get things done because of those linkages.)’

We all have an innate need to communicate, an innate need to commune. Networking is that process & opportunity that provides for us to know each other better so as to form a close-knit community that co-operates & help each other.

In Business, it helps in closing deals, finding resources or testing strategies.

In Career, it helps in finding the desired jobs fro m the desired companies.

What is Effective Networking ?
Now, some may think that networking may be easy - just socialize, chit chat, small talk over coffee, beer, wine. Such viewpoints are not right especially if one wants to achieve specific objectives - then how effective the networking would be would depend on a number of key factors. The individual networking skills, how one communicate also plays an essential role.

Every contact that we meet is important. Every time we meet someone - it happen at the same place & time for both parties. While each encounter may not specifically meet our networking objectives, how we expand & enhance each encounter would be important.

Just as important is the setting, venue, ambience where the networking takes place. Choosing the right dedicated organizer with the right program & organization would definitely serve in enhance our encounters.

Think about it. Networking is an investment. It is an investment of our money, time & effort. If we consider the ROI of networking - then we may want to seriously consider how we network, where we network to increase our effective networking returns

By:
Kevin Yeow
Strategic Network Synergy International (SNSI)
http://www.strategic-network.com

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Kevin Yeow is a dynamic & influential professional specializing in Business Networking, Sales & Marketing, Business Development & Strategies, Public Speaking and Technology.

He has founded SNSI working with clients & partners worldwide.
He is also a visionary, advocating for a new system for quicker response in today’s market.

Kevin has formerly worked for Motorola (Fortune 500), WH Brady (NYSE) - been instrumental in their growth!

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Cabling your home for computer network - still a requirement?

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1. One important advantage of having a cabled network is the available bandwidth or simply speed. At the present point in time the speed of connection via a simple and inexpensive CAT5E cable can be 1000Mbit/sec, whereas the best that IEEE802.11g (one of the many flavors of Wi-Fi) can offer is only 54Mbit/sec. It may not seem so significant if you think you are only browsing Internet, and the DSL speed available to you is 1.5Mbit/sec. However, if you need to print via your network connection on a remote printer, you should realize that the print jobs, depending on the amount of graphic data in them, can easily reach dozens and even hundreds megabytes. Since 1Byte=8bit one 100MByte print job will take 15 seconds (and in reality this time can be much longer) to transmit via a Wi-Fi wireless connection, and this time shrinks to mere 1 sec or less on wired 1000MBit/s Ethernet connection. Same principal applies to transferring files, backing up files on other computers in the network etc.
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3. Wireless communications are very much proprietary and require whole gamut of conversion equipment to transmit multi-media signals. The same CAT5E cable can without any modification support phone, computer network, balanced line level audio signal, baseband video signal as well as host of other, more specialized, control applications’ signals. With inexpensive adapters called “baluns” the same cable can carry significant number of channels of broadband television or carry a baseband video, such as security camera output, through great distances. All of those applications, except the computer network of course, will require specialized expensive conversion equipment if they needed to be transmitted via a Wi-Fi link.
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Great source of information on the subject of wiring your home for voice, data, audio and video applications is Home Cabling Guide available from Cabling-Design.com The instantly downloadable e-book contains compilation of the most significant parts of the TIA/EIA-570-B standard as well as multiple recommendation and recommended practices that may be useful for both do-it-yourselfer and an informed buyer of a home cabling system.

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