The Value of In-Person Networking

With Collision conference just behind us, what better time than now to talk about networking! Last week we saw “North America’s fastest growing tech conference” come back to Toronto, and Workhaus proudly partnered with TorontoStarts to host a Collision After Party! If you missed out on the opportunity to attend either this year, you still have some incredible opportunities to get your networking game on.

TorontoStarts, in partnership with Workhaus, hosts pitch nights every month! 

“We have witnessed extraordinary transformations, chance encounters have led to co-founder alliances, and there have been incredible success stories due to powerful support from mentors and investors.”

Craig Major, Founder of TorontoStarts

Or join us for our Calgary Stampede event ‘Arbeers and Cheers’ on July 12 (today!) at 606 4th St SW, Calgary. Hosted by Arbor, learn from expert panelists about how they rose to the occasion in the face of stressful challenges, and more importantly – have a great time! Get your free ticket here.

While many think of networking in terms of events like Collision, various meetups, cocktail parties, or mixers (we love all of those too!), growing your network in a coworking space can be much easier than that. The truth is that networking opportunities present themselves in the simplest forms – waiting for the elevator, brewing a fresh coffee in the kitchen, sitting down for lunch, etc. In coworking spaces where people from all walks of industry mix and mingle on a day-to-day basis, we see this play out in real time through the small interactions that happen frequently when working out of the same space.

At Workhaus, we pride ourselves on designing vibrant spaces that encourage and foster these small, frequent social interactions. Seeing friendly faces every day and finding ways to connect over shared experiences, whether you’re working toward similar or wildly different goals, helps to form genuine connections between people. Whether it’s a conversation about the weekend, sharing new tricks with Chat GPT, getting feedback on your product, or exploring a potential business opportunity, these unplanned encounters can help you discover opportunities you might not have known were there! When you’re talking face-to-face, getting a real-time response, and presenting your personal brand the way it was meant to be seen, you remember why there’s nothing quite like IRL interaction.

Not only is it important to have a career that you love, but new opportunities where you can learn from and make organic connections with others; connections that help propel you forward to achieve both personal and professional growth. As we continue to readjust to working together in-person, it’s those little collisions within the workplace that make it all worthwhile.