This morning I went to a breakfast meeting – not really relevant to the Office perhaps (unless I keep going in which case heavy duty chairs might be needed!).
Anyway, the theme of the meeting was better networking – I’m sure that you have all tried networking and many have found iot doesn’t work for you – you just don’t generate the business that you are looking for. As explained by the speaker this is hardly a surprise – how can you do business with someone you met for about five minutes whilst eating breakfast?
So, whats the solution? Well according to the speaker the thing to do is to collect business cards – like a demon! (Oh I do dislike that kind of thing!). Anyway once you have these cards then try to arrange meetings (1-2-1s) with as many of your new contacts as you can. Use this as an opportunity to get to know them – it doesn’t matter whether they have any business for you it could be that the next person they meet has nothing for them but maybe has something for you!
Will it work? Who knows but it seems worth a try – of course in the mean time you could always just pop into the Office and say “Hi” – sit down have a cup of coffee and see how things go from there!
See you soon!
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