By J. Mason
Online Career Tips Staff

For those of us that interact well with our peers in the office, and turn into wallflowers at conferences and networking events, here’s a great tool to get you off the wall and interacting. It’s an app called Sonar. Mashabledescribes it as a “Shazam” for people; Shazam is a music app that when started will let you know what music artist, album and song you’re listening to. Sonar is said to help you scan the room at any event to let you know who  it is there that you’re connected to through social media.

This service utilizes the “check-in” option, so your results will depend on those who checked into the location. To ensure you have more success at bumping into those already in your network try posting your conference, meeting, trip as a status on your profile before you leave town, or as you arrive at the event. Even if the people you’re connected to don’t attend, they can appoint someone they work with to meet up with you. This in turn helps you create a broader network without the awkward cold greeting you would have if you walked into a room knowing absolutely nobody.

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So don’t be a fly on the wall, peel yourself away and utlize the vast properties of social media to expand your network.