Using Social Media to Network

By: Jason M. Tenenbaum

For all you New York readers, I will be speaking tomorrow at the NYC Bar Association on a panel called "The Art of Shmoozing." The panel will focus on getting over the fear of networking, and some tips on what to do and what not to do. 

In light of that, I wanted to re-post an article I wrote about Using Twitter to Network. Here is the first paragraph, but you can follow the source link to read the rest.

 If you ask my friends, they’ll tell you that I’ll talk to just about anyone, anywhere, about pretty much anything. As a byproduct of that lovely (or terribly terrifying) character trait, I have fallen in love with social media, especially Twitter. Twitter has gotten somewhat of a bad rap. A lot of people seem to consider Twitter as a place “where you talk about your last meal” or a platform for publishing any ridiculous thought you have in your head. Or they see it as a medium for following their favorite movie stars or athletes. But Twitter is more than that; it’s an awfully powerful tool for past, present, and future law students.