Last week (almost until its end) was supposed to be boring. But “almost” makes a big difference. Before, when I was thinking what to blog about the only thing coming to my mind was transportation system in Morocco ;) - I promise I'll do that but not now. After, events of last weekend I decided to blog about something else – networking.
But first, just a short summary of that weekend (sorry for lack of details but again they are “not to publish” here:). Saturday's morning was the most boring morning I'd ever had at that time. But... don't judge the day basing on how it was but how it finished. I received a call from my friend who had just been invited for a party to Casablanca. He asked me if I wanted to come. I don’t have to tell you what my answer was. Casa is only 32 dirhams (3 euro), 90 km and 1 hour from Rabat so I had no doubts. So we went there and had a fabulous party (actually organized by Polish guy living in Casa). Firstly, nice chats, music and some alcohol at home and then wild dancing in a club near the beach. My English is not good enough to describe how great it was. French either although it’s constantly developing and I can already have some conversations in this beautiful language.
That day (and night) and many many previous ones made me think about one issue – networking. What is networking? A few short explanations:
(1) Connecting with people of like interests for the purpose of uncovering opportunities, identifying landmines and learning of best practices (original source)
(2) meeting people who can be of help to you and being a help to them (original source)
(3) Using contacts made in business for purposes beyond the reason for the initial contact (original source)
You can pay a lot of many for participating in trainings about networking. When it comes to me I’ve never found myself good in networking. Here in Morocco, I don’t do anything special to enhance my networks. But these networks just come to me and take me everywhere. I don’t have to do much. I just have to follow them. It seems that applying for MC here, getting the position and then coming here was enough to become part of all these networks. All the parties, trips, sightseeing, meetings – I did not do much to have it. I guess I am in right place, right time with right people. I don’t only mean entertainment. Being here gives me opportunities of professional networking (like cocktail in Hilton 3 weeks ago). Even my one-year stay in Morocco or going to Turkey (inchallah – if God wants/allows) next Wednesday for almost 3-week conference means that I’m part of a really powerful network. In general, being in AIESEC itself makes you take a lot of advantages from all its networks. I guess it’s peak time for me to be part of them. Hamdullah (thanks God), I joined AIESEC. May these networks and peaks last forever! ;)
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Peace be upon you Kamil.
At the outset,let me refer to some slips :
-(to read more about 3rd sacral building in the world click here)-> Hassan II Mosque is the third largest Mosque in the Muslim world,We have three holy and sacred H II mosque not including.
-(to have discussions about US intervention in Iraq)->you must say;the American occupation of Iraq.
-I liked the pictures..Sense of blond artist,Simplicity of the people (Moroccans) was established what photographed,but I do not know why been ignored.
Sorry because I did not Read my Blog URL,I use Arabic only.
By the way I Share something with you but I respect privacy.
Sorry if I mistake Or mispronounce because I have simple English,if you don't mind could I add more comments?.
GBU.
Read = write
sure you can add more comments! :)
may I ask you who you are?:)
you were right im back;-)
What about IC? what kind of problems do you have?
Ur more that right about network, however I also notived how powerful it is already all across the network...
problems with going to IC? there are no problems :) you mean why I wrote inchallah?? in Morocco, when you talk about future you always say inchallah (if God wants/allows) because future is never certain or predictable ;)
Hello mate.
May I add your ID to my contacts list,I can not replied to everything I respect privacy.. Especially we share something unfamiliar in Morocco ;)
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