Ruth Papernick joined a Greensburg networking group nearly seven years ago to help her family’s Mt. Pleasant-based optometry business expand.
Most of her husband’s patients came from the immediate vicinity. “We just wanted to get out of that and branch out, and this has done that in every respect,” said Papernick, who serves as the practice’s office manager.
Papernick had joined the Greensburg chapter of BNI, an international networking group with nearly 700 members and 31 chapters in Western Pennsylvania alone.
Those who belong to networking groups and experts say the face-to-face interaction with other professionals can help to get businesses off the ground or help people find new jobs.
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