The American Business Women's Convention is coming to my town, Reno, April 9 and 10 at the Grand Sierra Hotel and Casino. It's about leadership. Great place to network and learn! I am enjoying the ABWA Express networking lunch on the 4th Wednesdays at the Atlantis. Lunch is good, it's a great group of women, managably around the same U shape table. I actually love networking, and meeting with many different kinds of groups, especially as I am new in town.
I'm finding now that I "network" everywhere! It has become easy to talk to people I don't know, and be the first to break the ice. That did not used to be me! This week, I took the test for Census work, and there were guys on either side of me, keeping to themselves. After the test, while we were waiting, I started a conversation with the guy on my right who had seemed pretty nervous, and he was glad to talk. Turned out this was the second time he took the test (you can repeat), and he had done much better. Then I talked to the other, older guy on my left, who was former military and quite a bit more closed. He loosened up a bit too, and I thought it was very interesting to meet and talk with somebody with such a different background from me. He finished that test fast! There's usually something you can find to say to someone you don't know in a situation like that. It made me feel more relaxed, and I could see them relax as well. The trick is, I guess, in striking up conversation with strangers, to be friendly but not intrusive or aggressive. Hmmmm... and if its a guy striking up a conversation with a woman, well that might be a little trickier, depending on what I sense is his intention! Comments, anyone?
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