External Sources of Support
personal relationships
• immediate family
• extended family
• close friends, neighbors and acquaintances
• service professionals
• helping professionals
• social groups
professional relationships
• organizational colleagues
• colleagues in other organizations
• customers, clients, and collaborators
• vendors, consultants, contractors
• union representatives
organizational and community affiliations
• professional associations
• alumni associations – national and local chapters
• community or volunteer organizations
• philanthropic cultural and civic organizations
• certifying or licensing bodies
• boards of directors, boards of trustees and advisory boards
opportunistic networks
• the woman you met at the party
• the man working out next to you in the gym
• the couple behind you in the movie line
• your hairdresser, hygienist, or mail delivery person