Are There Times When You Shouldn't Go to a Networking Event?

i want to ask you a little bit more about not meeting strangers or connecting with old friends, but expanding your network inside your organization. How can you start to do that, especially if you don't have a lot of success going to things like the company holiday party or the company summer outing? So there's usually, in a larger organization, there are external events that you can start volunteering to be on this committee for that, or planning this event. But also, i mean, a lot of meetings, if you literally just said, hey, i want to know more about this department and what to do,. Can i just drop in on this meeting? You'd be amazed how many meetings