Recommended read Networking Reconsidered - John Hagel III and John Seely Brown - Harvard Business Review

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Social networking is becoming more important, both at the individual and institutional level. For many, this provokes a negative reaction. It conjures up images of classical networking and schmoozing, driven by individuals intent upon prying business cards out of others and relentlessly expanding their contact lists, manipulatively using their contacts to advance their own interests.

To be continued at http://blogs.hbr.org/bigshift/2010/01/networking-reconsidered.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HarvardBusiness.org%29

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