The Power of a Connected Network: Creating Opportunities for the Next Generation #networking

16 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker shares a personal story about using her personal network to create a career‑exploration opportunity for her child. After learning her child was interested in forensics, a friend connected her with someone at the Summit County medical examiner’s office, resulting in a half‑day shadowing experience for the child in 7th‑8th grade. The speaker emphasizes how quickly a contact offered help, highlighting the value of having a responsive network that can translate interests into real‑world exposure.

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I was looking at ways to connect my kids with career opportunities, like half-day shadowing opportunities or little lunches with, with individuals. And one of my kids had an interest in the forensics. And I was telling the story of how I was trying to connect my kids. And I had a friend who said, I know somebody who's in at the medical examiner's office. And I ended up getting my child a half-day shadowing opportunity in 7th grade, going into 8th with the medical examiner of Summit County. So I feel like that's something I couldn't— maybe I could have done on my own, but the fact that Very quickly someone said, "I can help you." Yeah. "I hear what you need." And that was really awesome for me. I still talk about that.