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Do you have a business card?

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Do you have a a business card? I always felt I should have a business card. I would go so far as to say I felt a bit resentful when colleagues were pulling out business cards in meetings or during networking events and I wouldn’t have anything to hand over to my new contact.

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting. Some stand-out, fun, little-known detail that will help people remember and place you, quickly: [Speak eight languages? Awesome wordsmith? Paint watercolors? Able juggler?].

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting. Some stand-out, fun, little-known detail that will help people remember and place you, quickly: [Speak eight languages? Awesome wordsmith? Paint watercolors? Able juggler?].

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A guide to networking

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The challenge is choosing the right ones to attend; networking at the wrong events will waste your time and dent your confidence. If in doubt, attend events that are showcased through trusted institutions – for example, the British Library’s Business and IP Centre. Take business cards. Make and maintain eye contact.

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Network Extensively, Advance Your Administrative Career

Office Dynamics

Another reason why, if you don’t already have a business card, you’ll want to lobby for one sooner than later.). At other times, its very presence makes you feel even more confident, alive and secure as you go about your work and life. They interact with internal and external clients; they work with multiple levels of managers.

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Network Extensively, Advance Your Administrative Career

Office Dynamics

Another reason why, if you don’t already have a business card, you’ll want to lobby for one sooner than later.). At other times, its very presence makes you feel even more confident, alive and secure as you go about your work and life. They interact with internal and external clients; they work with multiple levels of managers.

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Getting Clients-Building Trust

Tips From T. Marie

That used to mean attending local networking events week after week, robotically spouting your elevator speech and handing out business cards that likely never got out of the pocket they were tucked into. There are three things your potential client needs to be confident of before they can trust you with their business needs.