Networking is considered both a business and a personal social skill. It begins while you’re still a student and continues as you embark on your professional journey as an employee or an entrepreneur and eventually plays a key role in your personal life, aiding you to find friends, and sometimes even your life partner.

We have provided a potential solution to the difficulty of networking through our Lifestyle Fundraising initiative that brings the digital as well as the face-to-face together. Lifestyle Fundraising is a way of living. It challenges the way people fundraise for charity by integrating giving and fundraising into everyday activities such as drinks at the pub, lunch breaks and movie nights. It empowers people to socialize and build strong relationships based on three principles:

  1. Breaking the awkwardness-Usually there is a hitch, a hesitation, when you invite someone out, most often because of fear of rejection. Networking as a lifestyle fundraiser breaks such awkwardness instantly because there’s a higher purpose behind the initiative.
  2. Connecting with Values-The charity you support reveals your values and also of the people who become a part of the fundraising activity.
  3. Do it again-If once you’ve been a part of Lifestyle Fundraising, you’ll realize that you’ve built valuable contacts and resources and, most importantly, closeness with people and confidence within yourself.

Read the full article about lifestyle fundraising by Chatraise at Medium.