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Write your name on a blank piece of paper, and from that form little
branches or clusters of your immediate family; then from that add your
secondary family, until you get to your 3rd cousins. Next, list your friends or
professionals or work associates, neighbors, your doctor, your dentist, people
you’ve come to know, your former professors or teachers, the people who
you’ve met through friends or a friend of a friend, and people you’ve met at
social events. By creating this tree diagram, you’ll find that you know a great
many people.
Take a look at the sample diagram below. Create your own visual
representation of your personal network. You can use a graph, a tree, or
anything else that comes to mind. Get creative and include as many
contacts as possible.
Section 11– Effective Communication & Networking