Personal network

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A personal network is a set of human contacts known to an individual, with whom that individual would expect to interact at intervals to support a given set of activities.

Personal networks are intended to be mutually beneficial–extending the concept of teamwork beyond the immediate peer group. The term is usually encountered in the workplace, though it could apply equally to other pursuits outside work.

Personal networking is the practice of developing and maintaining a personal network, which is usually undertaken over an extended period.

Personal networking is often encouraged by large organizations, in the hope of improving productivity, and so a number of tools exist to support the maintenance of networks. Many of these tools are IT-based, and use Web 2.0 technologies.

Care should be taken not to confuse a personal network with a Personal area network.

Notes and references

v t e Social networks and social media

Types	City Personal Professional Sexual Value

Networks	Distributed social network (list) Enterprise social networking Mobile social network Personal knowledge networking

Services	List of social networking websites List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users List of virtual communities with more than 100 million active users

Concepts and theories	Assortative mixing Interpersonal bridge Organizational network analysis Small world experiment Social aspects of television Social capital Social data revolution Social exchange theory Social identity theory Social network analysis Social web Structural endogamy

Models and processes	Aggregation Change detection Collaboration graph Collaborative consumption Giant Global Graph Lateral communication Lateral diffusion Lateral media Social graph Social network analysis software Social networking potential Social pyramid Social television Structural cohesion

Economics	Collaborative finance Social commerce

Phenomena	Community recognition Complex contagion Consequential strangers Friend of a friend Friendship paradox Six degrees of separation Social invisibility Social network game Social occultation Tribe

Related topics	Researchers User profile Viral messages Virtual community

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