It is on mine. I share with you some practical strategies I found:
- Form strategic topics to discuss with everyone you meet at an event
- Introduce yourself i.e. name (e.g. hello, I am so-and-so, you are?)
- Ask why they attend i.e. their purpose of coming to the event
- What do they think of the event?
- Discuss anything else that crops up after these first three questions
- If they are interested, ask them what is their main project at work currently
- Ask if they have any personal project going on and what is it
- Give them your details and request them to update you with their projects (even if you aren’t particularly interested)
- Thank them and tell them it is nice to meet and talk to them and hope to see them again
- Always answer your own questions after the other party has told their story as it is a normal practice to share in conversation
- Set targets such as ‘I will give my email address to one participant at the event’.
