that you’ve probably heard before if you
want to go fast go alone if you want to
go far go with others nobody can walk
your life alone and as a member of the
Millennial Generation I know that in
this day and age there’s really no need
to there are countless ways to connect
the people around the world using social
networking apps it’s easy it’s fun and
it may just very well be a key to your
success here I have pictures of my
social media profile on Instagram I have
an impressive 566 followers my claim to
fame is I’m proud to say that I’m
followed by more people that the number
I follow it’s a healthy ratio on Twitter
I was surprising 113 followers I
honestly don’t want no don’t know why
more people don’t follow me I think I’m
pretty funny and my tweets are gems they
actually makes sense even on Sunday
mornings there’s one tweet does letting
me clean get car insurance or life
insurance maybe you already saved by
switching to Geico anyways moving right
along on Facebook I have 668 friends who
are these people my facebook is boring
the only activity that happens on my
facebook are the occasional tags I’ve
been tagged in over 100 pictures
throughout my life and most of them have
been by my mother how many of you have
ever heard of Dunbar’s number so 150 is
the magic number
according to British anthropologist
Robin Dunbar in terms of how many viable
and stable relationships person a person
can actually maintain this is correlated
according to Dunbar with the brain
function in our neocortex the part of
the brain that is responsible for
cognition sensory and motor functions as
well as our ability to use language 150
coincidentally that’s also about the
average number of soldiers in a company
and a company of soldiers relies on each
other for survival and that survival is
contingent on being able to trust each
other being cohesive as unit knowing
that you have each other stacks our
graduation class here at Pine Crest
consists of 212 which makes you wonder
who among you is beyond my limit
actually I’m here to argue that there
isn’t limit that today our potential for
making connection
and turning these connections to
something of value is limitless they
give your network as the beginning of
your net worth the power of networking
that our generation possesses is second
to none this morning you’ve already
heard Sebastian talk about embracing
global citizenship and Shana talking
about taking up cos and Peter talking
about an open source information that
connects communities I’m here to talk
about how all these topics seem to have
one thing in common they rely on the
power of networks you want to be a
global citizen
we’ll simply simply connect to the world
of social media and expand your network
and you will indeed view global even if
you stay local because of your network
and the ideas you learn from that the
ideas you learn from them transcends
borders want to collaborate on an
open-source project
rely on your network and maybe the
project gets done faster and better than
you could have imagined want to promote
a cause and forum engage and empower
your network as a high school student
you may not have yet thought about how
building your network carefully now can
lead to a better future even as simple
as when you’re going on a trip well if
you have the reliable network you just
may be able to get information about
where to stay or even better
someone can offer you couch the crotch
on because you’ve announced your network
where you’re going to be looking for
ticket soldier this weekend search your
social media network
maybe you’ll one day you’ll need an
organ donor or according to Malcolm
Gladwell who cited Smith and Akers book
of the Dragonfly effect the use of
networking is one of the best and most
effective ways to find a perfect donor
match as ridiculous as that may sound
the connections we currently have that
aren’t yet professional we become the
foundation for professional lives both
the survey I came across on LinkedIn and
an article on NPR revealed that about
80% of jobs are gone through networking
you’ve heard the saying it’s not about
what you know it’s about who you know
that seems more true today than ever
before
I was going to share that article with
my networking just to remind them in the
future
anyways I first realized the power of
networking when I went through to a new
Union with some of my friends from New
York we come across a school with a
broken basketball hoop and so during
this time we spent in New York we did
time to start a GoFundMe page and
together we were able to raise over five
hundred dollars by sharing our GoFundMe
on our social media accounts people as
far away as Israel donated to our cause
to help rehabilitate a basketball court
five hundred dollars may not seem like a
lot but there’s a lot of money in the
fundraising world because every little
bit can go a long way when trying to
help a cause so Who am I to talk to you
about the power of networking I’m no one
yet you’ll be you’ll know me when people
call my name around the world so don’t
be a stranger
let’s network that’s a joke of course
but one thing’s for certain you never
know when and where our paths will cross again thank you