How much networking DO you do?

Well, I suppose it's been in my blood my whole life. From the time I was arranging tutorial sessions on my front porch in first grade, to the networking groups of my own that I started, I've built my personal and professional lives around meeting people. GOOD people. I've taken more people OUT of my circle than I care to remember.

In Person Networking Groups I've started:

NJ Young Professional Group - started in 2000 & roughly 1000 members

I started the NJ Young Professionals during 1999/2000 when I was a new resident to the state of NJ. I figured that if I didn't have a social circle to feed my love of people, I'd just build one. Little did I know that some of my closest friends and contacts coming from this group would still be in my life today.

CT Young Professionals Group - After being hugely successful with the NJ group, I started the CT Young Professionals during the summer of 2006 while spending time at my family's shoreline home. I quickly turned the group's presence into a MySpace page after learning how much easier it was to manage and stay in touch with everyone.

In-Person Networking Groups I've joined:

BNI of CT, NetworkPLUS of NJ

Online Social Networking Groups (Mypsace, LinkedIN, Twitter etc) I own or belong too:

See the widget on this site for a partial list

Which led me to: Open MY OWN networking group (launching the site soon)

End result: I get to millions of people with the push of a button ;)

My tier 1 list is around 50,000 right now...