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Teaching Students the Power of Relationships

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Sachin Rekhi
Sachin Rekhi

As part of Wharton's Seminar for High School Educators in June 2014, presented how to teach high school students the power of relationships and professional networking.

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Teaching Your Students the Power of Relationships PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators Sachin Rekhi
1. My Story 2. Why Relationships Matter 3. The Power of Social Networks 4. Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom 5. Q & A Agenda
My Story
1983 1997 2001
LinkedIn Contacts 2005 2007 2010
My Real Story
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8 Your ideas dont matter unless you can effectively socialize them. Stephanie Saad, Microsoft manager & mentor
Gus Tai, Partner, Trinity Ventures My investor, advisor, mentor, and
10 My Real Story
Why Relationships Matter
Of all jobs are found through networking Of people trust recommendations from people they know 70% 90%
13 The Importance of Weak Ties We are most often hiring, getting hired by, and closing deals not with our best friends and family members, but with acquaintances, friends of friends, and people we have just met.
14 The Power of the 2nd Degree Your network is larger than you think because of your friends of friends
The Power of Social Networks
2K Connections 1.3M People
Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom
Teaching Students the Power of Relationships
1. How to leverage relationships to make todays decisions 2. How to invest in building relationships 3. Overcoming the fear Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom
Have your students pick a question they may be grappling with: 1. Im trying to decide which college to go to that is the best fit for my aspirations 2. I think I might be interested in a certain career, but Im not exactly sure what that looks like 3. I want to find a way to contribute to this cause I care deeply about, but Im not sure where to get started Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
Then have your students answer each of these questions: 1. What resources would you leverage today to help answer this question? 2. How could you instead use your network to get better answers? 3. How could you also leverage social networks? Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
1. Existing resources? Search online about the career Go to the library to find resources Talk to my guidance counselor & teachers about career options 2. Leverage your network? Ask my parents who they know in the profession for advice Ask my friends parents who are in the profession for advice Ask my counselor for alumni of my school that may be in the profession 3. Leverage social networks? Find friends of friends I can get an introduction to who are in my desired career Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
23 Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
Have your students draw their personal network: 1. Identify distinct groups of people where you know 5 or more people 2. Detail how frequently you interact with each group 3. Determine how you could stay in touch better with the least frequent groups 4. Think about how you could expand your network to new groups Classroom Exercise: Investing in Relationships
Teaching Students the Power of Relationships
Overcoming the Fear
The Reality
Q & A
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Teaching Students the Power of Relationships

  • 1. Teaching Your Students the Power of Relationships PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators Sachin Rekhi
  • 2. 1. My Story 2. Why Relationships Matter 3. The Power of Social Networks 4. Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom 5. Q & A Agenda
  • 7. 7
  • 8. 8 Your ideas dont matter unless you can effectively socialize them. Stephanie Saad, Microsoft manager & mentor
  • 9. Gus Tai, Partner, Trinity Ventures My investor, advisor, mentor, and
  • 12. Of all jobs are found through networking Of people trust recommendations from people they know 70% 90%
  • 13. 13 The Importance of Weak Ties We are most often hiring, getting hired by, and closing deals not with our best friends and family members, but with acquaintances, friends of friends, and people we have just met.
  • 14. 14 The Power of the 2nd Degree Your network is larger than you think because of your friends of friends
  • 15. The Power of Social Networks
  • 17. Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom
  • 19. 1. How to leverage relationships to make todays decisions 2. How to invest in building relationships 3. Overcoming the fear Bringing Relationships to Your Classroom
  • 20. Have your students pick a question they may be grappling with: 1. Im trying to decide which college to go to that is the best fit for my aspirations 2. I think I might be interested in a certain career, but Im not exactly sure what that looks like 3. I want to find a way to contribute to this cause I care deeply about, but Im not sure where to get started Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
  • 21. Then have your students answer each of these questions: 1. What resources would you leverage today to help answer this question? 2. How could you instead use your network to get better answers? 3. How could you also leverage social networks? Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
  • 22. 1. Existing resources? Search online about the career Go to the library to find resources Talk to my guidance counselor & teachers about career options 2. Leverage your network? Ask my parents who they know in the profession for advice Ask my friends parents who are in the profession for advice Ask my counselor for alumni of my school that may be in the profession 3. Leverage social networks? Find friends of friends I can get an introduction to who are in my desired career Classroom Exercise: Leveraging Relationships
  • 24. Have your students draw their personal network: 1. Identify distinct groups of people where you know 5 or more people 2. Detail how frequently you interact with each group 3. Determine how you could stay in touch better with the least frequent groups 4. Think about how you could expand your network to new groups Classroom Exercise: Investing in Relationships
  • 28. Q & A

Editor's Notes

  1. 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://blog.jobfully.com/2010/07/the-math-behind-the-networking-claim/ 2 The Nielson Company, http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2009/global-advertising-consumers-trust-real-friends-and-virtual-strangers-the-most.html