Network Everywhere
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by Ben Murray
Chances are, when you think of networking, you think of standing around at a convention with a "Hi! My name is..." sticker pasted on your chest or hunching over a phone in a cubicle somewhere. People think of networking and picture themselves in an office, in a suit or on a mobile phone. People rarely picture themselves in a broken elevator.
But according to Andrea Nierenberg, founder and principal of The Nierenberg Group, a business-consulting firm based in New York, that's precisely the sort of place where people can network effectively. Touted on the cover of her book Nonstop Networking as the "Queen of Networking," Nierenberg once acquired some business in that exact situation.
When speaking with Monster, Nierenberg said that in the previous two days she had been involved in four networking success stories, none of which took place in a business setting. Here's what happened:
