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Working a Room
March 18, 2016
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
-Pablo Casals
-Pablo Casals
"Do not give out business cards before a meeting begins. It makes you look like a blackjack dealer." This is one of the rules of working a room shared by Ross MacCammon in Works Well with Others: An Outsiders Guide to Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Critical Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches You. Some more of his rules...
- Look everyone in the eye.
- If there are fewer than six other people in the room, shake everyone's hand. If there are more, shake approximately five hands and then nod amiably to the rest.
- At no time say, "Let's do this!"
- When people introduce themselves, say their names back to them... try to keep their names in your head. Saying a person's name back to them 20 or 30 minutes after you've met them connotes graciousness and suggests respect and will endear you to them.
- Facetiming with Grandma does not suggest engagement in the matter at hand.... But it's the right thing to do and she really appreciates it.
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Displaying All 2 Commentsactivist
United States
Honesty Prayer Freedom for every one of Gods creation
Knock Education Consulting
Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam
Working the room - not handing out cards at the start of the meeting? Thats exactly what they do in Asia so this is not a worldwide trend. Cards first along eith name introductions is standard. So beware as to who the participants are as to whether his applies or not.
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