Tell me again, why have I been nurturing my network?

So I didn’t leave it until the last minute when I needed help, I grew and tended my network whilst the sun shone.
And I knew that one day the time would come when I needed to get something back from my network . . .
Now that day is here, how do I go about it?

In a great article, well worth keeping for that rainy day, Kent Blumberg explains some excellent tips on How to ask for help from your network, including:

• improving the chances that someone in your network will give you precisely the information you need
• ensuring that your request is received happily and painlessly by members of your network, so they become even more receptive to your requests for help in the future.