Make the need specific
Write a search as you would a post. Explain what help or contact you need and give the group enough context to respond.
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The right contact may already be in your network.
Give members a place to explain who or what they are looking for. A search makes the need visible so others can offer help, share a contact or open a door with a personal introduction.
Requests organised into Open, In progress and Completed, with examples of help and contacts.
Let relationships open the door
A member may know the right adviser or be able to introduce you to a relevant business. Members can reply in the comments and help each other with knowledge and contacts.
A request in each of the board’s Open, In progress and Completed columns.
From an open request to the next step
The Kanban board organises requests into Open, In progress and Completed. See which needs the network is working on and which are finished.
When help becomes a referral
Searches make the need visible. Referrals give you a place to record the introductions and opportunities members pass to each other.
Questions about searches
Help, professional knowledge, a contact or a personal introduction. For example, a connection to an accounting firm or help finding a relevant adviser. Members describe the need themselves.
No. A search describes a need that a member wants help with. A referral records a connection or opportunity passed between members. Each has its own module and overview.
No. A search makes the need visible to the group. Members contribute the replies, contacts and introductions.
Who are your members looking for?
Let us show you how searches can give members’ needs a clear place in the network.