FreshStart Friday is quarterly networking for people who are shaping more purpose driven ways of working and following a squiggly, not a linear path. Come and shape the future of networking at Together Culture.
Networking: How to Make it Meaningful
1 August, 8.30 - 10am
Our next session is for people with squiggly careers and those who are getting their own initiatives off the ground. We'll be welcoming disruptor, innovator and Together Culture Founding Member, Alex Hughes, who'll be sharing how he's been true to himself in networking scenarios to build contacts that get him, get his initiatives, and build impact.
Meet Alex:
Alex Hughes is a social entrepreneur and community advocate from Cambridgeshire. He is committed to fostering innovation and supporting local economic development. He is the Founder and Chair of Inspire 2 Ignite CIC, and the Founder of Citizen Hub St Neots CIC.
About FreshStart Friday:
The world of work is changing. Ambitious trailblazers are abandoning the rungs of the career ladder to shape their own ‘squiggly career’ paths (Tupper & Ellis 2020). The squiggly path blends purpose, passion, play, and people fluidly. The squiggly path is like a river, the route is navigable, but the journey of developing experience, skills, and communities of learning & support is circuitously influenced by the tides of life.
This brings freedom and challenge. How do you break free from a mindset that tells you to stick to the safety of the career ladder? If you’re a solo-enterpreneur, how do you transform passion into income, consistently and sustainably? If you’re chartering a different course inside an organisation, how do you make next step decisions that align with your values and convince others to give you some leeway? If you’re new to being the captain of your squiggly career, how do you manage stepping into a new comfort zone? And, perhaps most importantly, how do you go about finding a crew of explorers so you can better navigate choppy waters together?
If that sounds like you, join us for FreshStart Fridays. Quarterly networking at Together Culture for people who are shaping more purpose driven ways of working and following a squiggly, not a linear path.
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT?
- To meet people at different stages of their careers
- To meet people who work in fields as diverse as finance and art therapy
- To learn from the stories of people who have been navigating squiggly careers for some time
- To participate in playful activities that explore new ideas as facilitated by John Monks and Heather Thomas; Together Culture Members, experienced facilitators, and squiggly career-ites themselves.
- To feel safe to take off your sales armor and just be yourself.
- To join in the conversation or listen and absorb. Both are contributions.
- And hopefully, to want to come back again and again. We’re planning a four part series for 2025!
About Together Culture
Together Culture is a community interest company. We do what we say on the tin, we build together culture.
Think of ‘Together Culture’ as a noun. Together Culture (n.) the product of turning up to collaborate in the acts of sharing, caring, learning, and experimenting which results in the spreading of gritty hope, through action.
You're capable of helping to shape an economy that is more inclusive and ecological. At Together Culture, we're shaping a world of work that supports everyone's wellbeing and shares prosperity.
You can become a member of Together Culture here.
