Networking with ETHPA
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Joining The Ethical Publishers Association for our networking opportunities is one of the greatest benefits of being an Association member. Attending meetings and social events hosted by ETHPA is a great way to connect with people in your field who are dedicated to working for a higher purpose.
Networking with other ethics-focused businesses helps you to form and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with others who are linked to your sector, market, region or specific interest. Successful networking can help you to raise your profile, meet new customers, develop your knowledge or skills, explore new ideas, find investment, establish partnerships, build a presence in other markets and source new suppliers.
Here are some of the key networking benefits offered by The Ethical Publishers Association:
Strengthen business connections
Networking is about sharing, not taking. It is about forming trust and helping one another toward goals. Regularly engaging with your contacts and finding opportunities to assist them helps to strengthen the relationship. By doing this, you sow the seeds for reciprocal assistance when you need help to achieve your goals.
Participate in round table conferences
Being and ETHPA member means you may be invited to participate in round table conferences to discuss the most important issues facing your sector in particular or the industry in general. During our round tables selected members will sit with their peers and exchange ideas, opinions and strategies for meeting challenges and taking advantage of opportunities.
Get fresh ideas
Your network can be an excellent source of new perspectives and ideas to help you in your role. Exchanging information on challenges, experiences and goals is a key benefit of networking because it allows you to gain new insights that you may not have otherwise thought of. Similarly, offering helpful ideas to a contact is an excellent way to build your reputation as an innovative thinker.
Interconnected business contacts = more knowledge
Networking is a great opportunity to exchange best practice knowledge, learn about the business techniques of your peers and stay abreast of the latest industry developments. A wide network of informed, interconnected contacts means broader access to new and valuable information.
Gain a different perspective
It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of your professional realm and end up in a rut. By talking to others in your field or people with expertise in a particular area, you can gain insights that only come from viewing a situation with fresh eyes. Asking for opinions from contacts you trust or admire can help you see things in a new light and overcome roadblocks that you might not have known how to circumvent otherwise.
Develop long-lasting personal relationships
Of course, the point of networking is to develop and nurture professional relationships, but some of the strongest and most long-standing friendships are borne from work connections. Your networking contacts are probably like-minded people with similar goals as your own, so it’s not unlikely that your professional support network will spill over into your personal friendships.
