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Networking For People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide For Introverts, The Overwhelmed, And The Underconnected (2010)

by Devora Zack(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1605095222 (ISBN13: 9781605095226)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

review 1: As someone who hates networking, as I much prefer my own company, I thought this book would give me some useful hints and tips.The book provided a lot of detail about introverts etc and the need to network more slowly with breaks to recharge yourself but concentrated on meeting people at networking events only. There was no mention of how to network in your own workplace through coffee/lunch meetings etc. The other downside of the book was that it talked about that first meeting but there was no real detail as to how to take the next step and develop a longer term professional relationship.The book was a great start but needed to approach the subject with more depth.
review 2: If you've read "Quiet" you're familiar with a lot of what is dealt with in this book.... more However, this book offers some additional useful practical techniques for the reader to put into practice. That said, I could have gone with a much briefer "field guide."One thing that bothered me about my experience with this audio book is that it really sounded like it was narrated by a text to speech program. Inflection and tempo could have been done a lot better. On a broader note, though, it sounded like the producers of the audio version didn't consider editing the presentation for audio, leaving in a lot of quiz or fill in the blank sections to be read like "Question 1. Fill in the blank. Question 2. Fill in the blank...." Also, there seem to be some missing or mis-read words in the production. The author introduces some humorous bits that are delivered so flatly in the audio version that you have to wonder if humor was intended or if the writing was just bad.I will try to find the print version of the book to check out what the format is like and to see if any editing did occur, but I'll also look for the useful tips and see if they might be condensed into a few pages that I could share with others. less

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