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title: How to grow your network — Sky's The Limit Help Center
description: This guide will help you get to know your mentor or mentee, analyze and update your business and social media profiles, and make introductions.
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# How to grow your network

This project guide helps two Sky’s the Limit members work together through four meetings as they collaborate to learn leadership and people skills.

### **Meeting 1: ***Get to know each other and practice active listening*

**Before this meeting: **

- Make sure that you’ve had an intro meeting. If you need help navigating your first meeting, visit this[ **Guide to Your First Meeting**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/volunteer-resources/guide-to-your-first-mentoring-or-advising-session)**. **
- Review: [**Active Listening**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/mentorship-support/active-listening)

**In this meeting:**

- Ask each other some general questions about each other, while practicing active listening skills. Start small with general small talk questions, then see where the conversation takes you.

**After this meeting:**

- Try using active listening skills with your friends!
- Note any agreed-upon next steps.

 

### **Meeting 2: ***New professionalism*

**Before this meeting: **

- Review [**What is Professionalism**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/leadership-and-people-skills/what-is-professionalismand-what-does-it-mean-for-you-as-an-entrepreneur)

**In this meeting:**

- Work together to define professionalism. Think about what things you categorize as professional, what you don’t, and where there’s grey areas. 
- After you’ve defined professionalism, [**identify your own personal brand**](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YEb8r006-hQ-6O5cNYXc523PA4LgU6GBEkrYAyt4Yv0/edit?usp=sharing) as an entrepreneur.

**After this meeting:**

- Share your personal brand with friends, colleagues, or family members. Follow some of your favorite business professionals on Instagram or LinkedIn to see how they present themselves.
- Note any agreed-upon next steps.

 

### **Meeting 3: ***Update business profile on platform*

**Before this meeting: **

- Review [**What are Power Skills**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/leadership-and-people-skills/power-skills)

**In this meeting:**

- Share your Sky’s the Limit Profile and discuss how you could strengthen it with the goal of recruiting support from other volunteers.
- Analyze the LinkedIn profile of an entrepreneur you admire.
- Try [**creating a LinkedIn profile**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/project-guides/build-my-network#). If you already have one, discuss what you could do to strengthen that as well. 

**After this meeting:**

- Based on your meeting, make continue to revise your profile as needed.

 

### **Meeting 4: ***Making [appropriate] introductions and events*

**Before this meeting: **

- Review [**What is Networking and Why is it Important**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/project-guides/build-my-network#) article. 

**In this meeting:**

- Review who you’d like to meet (by industry, location, etc) on the community platform, Linkedin, or within your own network. 
- Discuss how you should reach out to them and what you should say.

**After this meeting:**

- Introduce yourself to someone new and try to book a meeting with them. Meetings can, of course, be virtual.
- Be sure to mark your project complete, [**update your business tracker**](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/milestones)**,** and start a new project!

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#### **Want to talk to someone who can help? **

Sky’s the Limit members are connected to a community of volunteer business mentors, more free tools and guides like this one, and exclusive funding opportunities.

[ Sign up to find a mentor ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/onboarding/signup)

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## How to choose your business type

](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/project-guides/choose-business-type) [## How to apply for Sky's the Limit business grants

](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/project-guides/apply-for-grants)