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Key Networking Tips from Author Roy Sheppard Here are some networking tips to help you gain the most from attending Only Connect, extracted from the ebook “Meet Greet and Prosper” by Roy Sheppard (attending)
• Think of all new people at Only Connect as ‘friends you have yet to meet’. This is a great way of taking the pressure off, so you relax. That will help you meet more people. • Decide that you are going to meet new people – not spend all evening ‘clumping’ only with people you already know. • Bite the bullet – go up to strangers (even though our mothers tell us not to!) As author Susan Jeffers says “Feel the Fear and Do it Any Way”. • Stand up. Sitting down at a networking event doesn’t work. • Think about the needs of your best contacts – how could you help them achieve their needs through any new people you meet? • Always give your name first. It helps put others at ease. Then ask for theirs. • Listen more carefully to others’ names. Repeat the name until it is lodged in your brain. If you didn’t quite catch it, ask for it to be repeated, rather than ‘letting it go’. Imagine a close friend will join you and stand there waiting to be introduced. This will force you to pay more attention! • Starting a conversation can be daunting for some. Talk about common interests – why they’ve come, what ‘interests’ them the most (a better question than ‘what do you do?’) how long they’ve worked for their company, what they like about their role, what are their companies’ biggest success stories?
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