Contributed by Ian Esquibel, Program Associate in the Office of Philanthropic Outreach at the Albuquerque Foundation in New Mexico.
With the rapid pace of globalization, the power of networks will be the source for our best work in the future. If we want to make real, lasting, systemic change, let’s align our efforts, talk with each other, do what we do best and support others as they do what they do best.
We haven’t reached the network pinnacle yet, but we are moving in that direction. I live in a smaller city (fewer than one million people) and I speculate that “meeting people and connecting with their work grows your career and your community” holds true for a bigger metropolis, too.
