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You want to expand your professional circle, transition into a new career, learn something new, or go to a new city and meet the locals. But how? By introducing yourself to new online and offline communities to meet new people and open up opportunities. In order to do that you're going to have to make yourself uncomfortable. Making yourself uncomfortable is a powerful way to identify and take advantage of current and new opportunities. In this panel, we'll share personal stories, hard-earned lessons and practical advice on how to find and explore the edges and cores of new-to-you communities. We'll provide tips on how to break through being uncomfortable and transitioning to a whole new outlook in order to use communities for personal and professional growth.
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Make Yourself Uncomfortable
Sloane Berrent
Taylor Davidson
Shannon Lane
Carl Nelson
@sloane
@tdavidson
@cajun_mama
@carlrnelson
thecausemopolitan.com
taylordavidson.com
shannonlane.com
dropofchange.com
How to Rawk a New Community
Make Yourself Uncomfortable.
“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.”
Robert F. Bennett
Say Hello.
Show Up.
Listen.
Care.
Give.
Rawk.
26% of US population volunteered in 2008
52 hours per volunteer
35-44
Age range with highest % of volunteers
Find edges, create cores.
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
Kurt Vonnegut
Sloane Berrent
@sloane
thecausemopolitancom
Taylor Davidson
@tdavidson
taylordavidson.com
Shannon Lane@cajun_mama
shannonlane.com
Carl Nelson@carlrnelson
dropofchange.com
