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a small discussion on their problems. Check which events the sector has planned
and make sure you attend wherever possible.
NETWORKING
Staying in touch on a regular basis with organizations and key individuals in the
community will make you very informed and help you build a good party profile. The
purposes of networking are many: to build partnerships that you can cooperate with, to
build alliances that will support you and make you stronger, to be informed about
developments in your area, and to give you an opportunity to influence and mobilize
support for your issues.
Networking should be systematic and part of you ongoing work. Gather all the names of
organizations and individuals and their contact details. Divide them into categories or
topics.
On the next page is an example of a system you can use:
EXAMPLE: HIV/Aids Network list
Sector
Organization/name
of person
Issues they
deal with
Contact
person
Contact
details
Network
code
Under the “sector” column you should think about all the different sectors in your
community and put in the ones that you should network with on a particular issue. The
issue in this example is HIV/Aids. In each sector row you will then have to list the relevant
organizations or individuals. For example under the health sector you may want to list the
clinic, the municipal health committee, the local Red Cross society and local doctors.
Sectors might include political groups or parties, unions, religious groups, education
functions, health, welfare, business, credit clubs, sports organizations, burial societies,
service organizations, cultural organizations, etc.
Fill in the third column to record what issues or areas the organization or person works on.
This will help you to network with the right group on the right issue. Networking works