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Networking 101: How to be the Most Connected Human in the Room
For 10 years, I moderated a series of professional entertainment networking groups. What I learned is easily adaptable for any business.
Author’s Note and Bonafides
As I mentioned in the subtitle above, for over a decade I ran a professional entertainment-based networking organization. All Cities Media was a largely film and television-centric offshoot of my buddy Eric Shaw’s more corporate-based All Cities Resource Group, having been an acclaimed Southern California perennial for over 20 years by the time I pitched him an idea to piggyback off his success and run the new iteration.
Regarding the All Cities branding, Eric’s original idea was to build a national organization to cultivate business for business professionals. Logistically, however, maintaining his model primarily in California proved less of a hassle.
Regardless, the original branding was maintained and by November, 2024 (Eric’s original group is still ongoing) an estimated $1 billion-plus in business had been directly transacted by the entity’s members — attorneys, accountants, bankers, lenders and real estate brokers — since the All Cities Resource Group’s inception.
