Networking during COVID-19

[Leo Chun]

Greetings BP Members,

I recently started to up my networking game these past few months by contacting all the interesting people who I wanted to have a conversation with and try and pick their brains. (And bring some value myself, of course.) But I came across a problem, when I build relationships over the phone, they don't tend to as meaningful on both sides as it would be if it were face-to-face.

So my question is... how do we up our networking game during coronavirus? There's always zoom conferences, socially distanced meet-ups, or just "screw-it" meet-ups where we just go out to lunch one-on-one with masks. 

If we do zoom call networking meetups, what works? A 5-person meetup.... one-on-ones... how do we get to know more people remotely, while creating long-lasting and valuable relationships? 

Please let me know your ideas!