The www.GOstudentGO.com site is designed as a tool to complement your Networking abilities and help widen your pool of contacts – Like minded people are everywhere, and here is where you can find some. Even with a good education behind your, or that your building up now, it is not always enough.
www.GOstudentGO.com is designed to assist your need to Network to keep ahead of new and changing developments and what future opportunities are out there. What better people to ask than your peers/colleagues/students/executives of a like-minded nature.
GOstudentGO has developed several areas of Networking to enable you to bridge the gap between yourself and your fellow colleagues.
The Six Degrees of Networking
1. Search Tool
The first and simplest way to Network is to connect through finding people in a similar field of study or subject area from around the world or your own city. Instant results can be found and a follow up GOstudentGO private email and your already Networking. Advanced search tools also exist to allow you to be more specific.
2. Forums
With education becoming more specialised it is harder to pool people into just several categories. Double Major and Minor Degree can be difficult to list as one overall subject area. GOstudentGO has found one clear solution to this via a structured forums area (which you can add to). The resulting Networking from this Networking approach of communication tends to be built up over time, but members on the same wavelength seem to find each other and build much strong relationships by sharing their specialist knowledge.
3. Instant Chat
Instant Chat communication allows members to chat instantly to other online members regarding all topics in a selection of rooms divided by geography, subject or theme.
4. Private email
Private emails allow member to send emails to each other just like you use your own private email. The only difference with your regular email is that all communication takes place under your username and on the GOstudentGO website. In time as you build a rapport with members you can consider opening other forms of communication outside of the GOstudentGO website (see rules of conduct regarding this).
5. Your own mini-website
‘My Blog’ allows you to create a mini webpage within the GOstudentGO website. Your mini-website is whatever you want it to be. There are thousands in existence on the net, in all shapes and sizes. A blog is a: personal diary; daily pulpit; collaborative space; soapbox; breaking-news; collection of links; your own private thoughts; memos to the world and so on. Your mini-website can be switched to private view, meaning only you can view it, or public view, meaning members can view it, or alternatively allow only selected friends to view the mini-website.
Two specific features of the ‘My Blog’ are the Reflective Practices Log Book and Self Publicity Tool. A template has been structured within the GOstudentGO site to allow you to create two very popular study and self-publicity tools.
6. Who is travelling where when?
The Travel List allows you to post your destination and travel plans in the future. The unique approach to out Networking here is that you may make a selection of key options to allow others to see if they would be available to Network with you, such as free to evening drinks etc. Travel List entries are submitted by members and organisations for the purposes of awareness. GOstudentGO has created a sign-up environment so fellow members can see who else is going to that destination. There is no charge for Networking Members to list or search a destination. Where reference to an event is made please note that there may be charges attending the advertised event and the promoters of that event should be contacted for details.
For a list of features, most common questions, Networking Tips have a look at the FAQ.