Table of contents:
- 1. Pay attention not to yourself, but to the interlocutor
- 2. Prepare some questions and topics for conversation
- 3. Take a friend with you
- 4. Make contacts outside of standard conditions
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Use these tips to make your next event feel more comfortable and easier to meet people.
Nobody will know what a good person you are or what a great product you have created until you tell them about it. And for this it is necessary to establish new business contacts.
1. Pay attention not to yourself, but to the interlocutor
Ask what you can do for the other person, not what they can do for you. Do not start a conversation with the phrase "I am doing this, do you want to buy?" or "I'm so great, you have to hire me." Better say, "I'm working on X right now. Can this help you in any way?"
2. Prepare some questions and topics for conversation
If small talk is difficult for you, come up with a few questions ahead of time to ask at business meetings and conferences. For example: "What brought you to this conference?"
If you are going to a conference, see who else will be speaking at it. You can write to them in advance on social networks that you will also be present and will be happy to meet in person. Then it will be easier to strike up a conversation at the event.
3. Take a friend with you
It will be easier for you to meet new people when you are with a friend. Especially if your friend loves to talk. This will help you calm down and feel more confident. After all, alone it is much more difficult to approach someone and join someone else's conversation.
4. Make contacts outside of standard conditions
Practice making business acquaintances in a non-standard setting, then at events it will not be so difficult. For example, in the gym where you work out, or when you volunteer. Such situations seem more natural - no need to exchange business cards and peer at the inscriptions on the badges. And if you later meet this person at a business event, you will already have common topics of conversation.
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