Get your meeting in better order for everyone. Photo by mrbill from flickr.com.
What’s wrong with networking meetings? It’s the same thing that’s wrong with most business meetings. Organizers and hosts take things for granted.
These meetings leave the impression that…
- Everyone who should know everyone already does.
- It’s obvious how our meeting works and if you don’t get it, too bad.
- People with different tastes just shouldn’t eat with us.
- If you can’t find us, not our problem.
- We’re glad you came, but we don’t really care if you had a good time or come back.
The prevalence of these really makes me hate to go to meetings. The worst offenders are the ones that call themselves “networking” meetings. I wrote A Networker’s Guide to Success. I know what networking can and should be. [Read more…]