10 Ideas for Social Distancing Networking
The key to surviving COVID-19? Creativity! Happy Hours and lunches might not be the easiest thing to coordinate right now. What creative options have you come up with to meet your colleagues or partners? Here are 10 ideas to get your social distancing networking game on.
- Virtual Happy Hour – schedule a video conference with your usual networking group
- Start a Business Book Club – pick some new business books and recruit your fellow book lovers
- Drop Off Care Packages – make a simple care package to drop off to close co-workers or colleagues that could use a pick-me-up
- Host or Sponsor a Webinar – find a topic to present to colleagues
- Make Some Phone Calls – reach out to a list of contacts you haven’t spoken to recently
- Support Local Charities – find some causes to support and spread the word
- Make New Connections – find groups to join on social media or make new professional connections
- Send a COVID Card – create a note card or post card to send to your contacts and network to say how you’ve been keeping busy during this time
- Start a Challenge – challenge co-workers or colleagues to a challenge (fitness, educational, etc)
- Refine Your Personal Brand – take this downtime to review and update your professional social media platforms
