FALL IS A TIME FOR NETWORKING AT HOMECOMING!

You can feel it in the air when the leaves begin to turn and the night air becomes crisp! Its time for high school and college homecomings to take place all across this country. From the birthplace of homecoming at the University of Missouri, to the banks of the Wabash at Indiana State University to tradition rich Wartburg College alumni come "home".

My how people change! Some you don't recognize and some friends it seems like it was only yesterday you were hanging out together on campus. As you rekindle friendships and memories remember this is also a time to develop new acquaintances. Depending on what reunion year you are celebrating you may be just beginning a career, revitalizing one or getting ready to ease into retirement. In any case re-establishing old friendships and starting new ones is what homecoming is all about.

There is no better opportunity to network for a new job, sell a product or share an entreprenurial idea then at homecoming. Put the bragging aside about what all you have accomplished and think about what you still have ahead of you.

Most importantly, have fun and enjoy your time returning home to your alma mater. But while you are packing remember to include a few business cards to have handy as you meet old friends and make new ones!

You never know when that next opportunity will come but it just might be at the place where it all started!