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scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Networking ? Not recruitment for the Trade in Human Flesh ?

What is 'Networking' ? We didn't have that when I was young. Is it allowed in Kuwait ?
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q8teacher



Joined: 06 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

O.K. I gotta jump in here. There are an awful lot of newcomers each year in the the teaching field in Kuwait, and there are a lot of people here that don't know where to go or what to do to socialize here. I do know this is a bonafide above board event-and it's not meant to convert people just because it's at the cultural center connected with the Mosque. It's also not a school trying to get phone numbers of people to bother. I know because I know the person posting and have been to the grand Mosque. Its like the AWARE center in facilitating understanding about the culture and helping people to network at the same time. I'm off my soap box now-who's next?
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15yearsinQ8



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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Location: kuwait

PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

my turn -
you'll never find ME at a 'networking' event
i've spend 15 hard long years eyes open , ears too, working hard quietly building relations and contacts in Kuwait (wasta to fill a blackberry, real booze parties, APO priviliedges, the dirt on everyone...) and I'll be damned if some NEWBIE half my age , half my intelligence fressh from the airport wants the information from me
prove your self professionally
stay a while
then you'll learn my real name = my philosophy
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veiledsentiments



Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't what you have done all those years actually 'networking?' That is just a relatively new buzzword for making the contacts that helps develop one's wasta. Cool

It is just that those of us who spent many years in the Gulf developed our own 'network.' But, of course, we may choose to be careful with whom we share our hard-won information. I too would be careful about organized things like this.

This board is actually nothing but 'networking'....

VS
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Specialist



Joined: 19 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Friends,

Please be informed that our Free Monthly Networking Dinner will be on Wednesday 21th March at 7:40 P.M.

For more information please contact:

Email: [email protected] or alternatively PM.
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Specialist



Joined: 19 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear colleagues,

We would like to inform you that our next meeting will be on Wednesday 25th April at 7:45 p.m.

You are cordially invited to participate in the
Free English Speaking Network for Western Men.
Mix with people outside your own career, make new
friends and meet some male Kuwaiti guests for an
insight into local Arab culture. Network with male
teachers, lawyers, business entrepreneurs and a
variety of professionals based in the Gulf.

Venue:
Diwanyia / Social Lounge
Kuwait Cultural Complex
Grand Mosque
Arabian Gulf Road
Qibla
Kuwait

Location:
- By the Roundabout at Seif Palace.
- Near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Close to the Ministry of Planning.
- Entrance and cars opposite Kuwait Stock Exchange.

We look forward to seeing you!
Please feel free to bring male colleagues and friends along.
Just send us each Guest's name, nationality, occupation,
email address and mobile #.
Contact: [email protected]

Regards,

N.B To view pictures of our last events please go to:

http://www.kuwaitscene.com/scene_and_heard.htm
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scot47



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So what are they selling ?
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Specialist



Joined: 19 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those that still have questions and would like answers. I would reiterate what VS suggested in a previous post.

Why don't you get off the fence and come along, then tell everyone about your experience.
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