Just Connect

Neetal Parekh, Founder @Innov8social and Author of the book "51 Questions on Social Entrepreneurship", shares her thoughts on how you can build your network by staying authentic and taking a long term approach. Neetal gets routinely invited to speak at events and organizations around social impact, including Stanford Law School, Santa Clara University Law School, The Good Radio Network, etc. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Simon Kirk, Co-Founder @RaisedBy.Us and Director of Business Development @InVisionApp, draws on his experience of organizing events over the last 10 years, and talks about how organizing events is a great way to build your own network. ​ As co-founder of RaisedBy.Us, Simon has closed relationships with some of the leading startups of New York including Foursquare, Blue Apron, Birchbox, Squarespace, and many others. Simon has shared his tips on how you can organize a great networking events in another LED episode, over here - http://www.learneducatediscover.com/organizing-events-for-networking Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Esther Lee Cruz, Product Marketer with LinkedIn, describes how using LinkedIn, especially the LinkedIn Alumni Tool, can be a great way to find people in the areas you're interested in and build your network. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Mara Brazer, Founder & CEO of Brazer Communications, a PR firm that boasts of companies such as GAP and Lucasfilm as clients, shares her thoughts on how someone can build and grow their network. Some of the areas Mara talks about include: 1. If you're shy, find the other shy people at events 2. Ask questions that make the other person open up. Mara shares examples. 3. Have your elevator pitch ready 4. Follow up with the people you meet at an event 5. Use volunteering and interest based activities as a good way to begin meeting people Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Kartik Parija, Co-Founder @AdoriLabs and Ex-VC, describes how acting as a connector for the people around you, can be a very very simple yet effective way to become a trusted member of your network, as well as to build and grow your own network. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Ana Spoke, Author of Shizzle, Inc and Indiot shares her thoughts on how if you can find a way to add value to your community, it can be a great way to build your network. In Ana's own words - Ana Spoke used to write dry, scientific gibberish, including approximately 1.3 dissertations. These days she writes humor books, such as Shizzle, Inc and Indiot, the first two installments in Isa Maxwell's series. She also manages #ComedyBookWeek, the annual online celebration of humor in writing. She lives in Australia with her fiance and a rare fat Italian Greyhound, but you can always find her on anaspoke.com Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Miwa Gardener-Page, Strategic Partner Manager at Google, shares some great tips for building your network including how you can be more effective at events and how to connect with people on LinkedIn and other similar platforms. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Samir Malik, Co-Founder of 1DocWay, acquired by Genoa and now SVP at Genoa Telepsychiatry, describes how simply saying "Yes" to helping people goes a long way in building your network. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Dushka Zapata, a seasoned Public Relations exec, Top Writer on Quora (~59K followers), and author of two books, shares her thoughts on how introverts should leverage their strengths to build their network, as opposed to try and do things such as attending networking events, that might make a lot of introverts uncomfortable. Thank you for listening! You can check out Dushka's books here: How to be ferociously happy: https://www.amazon.com/How-ferociously-happy-other-essays/dp/1533052441 Amateur: https://www.amazon.com/Amateur-inexpert-inexperienced-unauthoritative-Ferociously/dp/1539880575 Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jus…180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Bret Thorn, Senior Food Editor with Nation's Restaurant News and a graduate of the famous Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, shares his thoughts on how you can use social media to connect with the people you want to connect with. Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Subscribe on iTunes https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-connect/id1180382202?mt=2 Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Maya Bisineer, seasoned product executive in Silicon Valley (Founder & CEO Memetales, VP Product @BlogHer acquired by SheKnows Media in 2014), shares her thoughts on how you can build a mentoring relationship with someone you respect and admire. Maya also touches upon the important difference between a Mentor and a Sponsor, and how it can help even more to have a Sponsor as opposed to a Mentor. Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

James Eder, Founder of The Beans Group and CausrApp, shares a number of great tips for how you can build and grow your network, including thinking about Networking more as "Net-Giving". Great way to add value to those around you and build your network! Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Introducing a new podcast from Learn Educate Discover called "Just Connect" - a short, 12 episode series focused on sharing ideas on how you can build a great network. If you realize the importance of building a great network, and can use some simple ideas on how to do so - then this podcast is for you. Each episode will feature a guest, people from various industries and job profiles, all doing well in their careers, and they will each share their tips and suggestions for how you can build your network. At the end of the series, you will be left with a great collection of ideas, which you can then begin to apply yourself. Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!