I feel super dry and sarcastic at networking events. Any advice for being more personable?

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Don’t try to network with everyone. Find one person who actually interest you, then spend time listening to his or her story. Flirting from one person to another is a waste of everyone’s time.

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Feeling dry? Lube...

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How do you convert from networking to a meeting?

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at networking try to see how many questions you can ask another person about themselves before they ask about you.

To convert a conversation into a prospect; call them after and say "when we met yesterday you said you have a problem with "x" (which you discovered while asking them questions)
I had and idea of a way I may be able yo help you with that. Do you have some time we could meet and I could share my thoughts"

There’s a part of you that operates this way as a result of a past experience. You can reset that part and it will operate in an opposite manner.

What would happen if you weren’t dry and sarcastic?

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