Have your introduction ready. <\/strong>This is a pleasant sentence or two; it’s not your elevator speech. You are socializing, not job hunting.<\/p>\n Wear your name tag. <\/strong>Place it on your right hand side so that it is in the line of sight of people when you shake hands. You can use the person’s name when you introduce yourself and it will help you remember it. Sometimes, a name tag can help with the conversation. Knowing the person’s company or location can start a conversation.<\/p>\n Move around the room.<\/strong> You want to meet people. So keeping moving and speak with as many people as you can. Look for people who may be alone. Don’t stay with the same people.<\/p>\n Make eye contact.<\/strong> A smile with eye contact will let people know you are open to meeting them.<\/p>\n Pretend you are the host.<\/strong> Introduce yourself to others and introduce people you are speaking with to others.<\/p>\n Reintroduce yourself.<\/strong> If you see someone you’ve met before, use your name as you greet them. Don’t make someone struggle for your name. If you see someone who has helped you, acknowledge them.<\/p>\n Small talk is all you need.<\/strong> Ask people questions or talk about what you have in common \u2013 the event, venue, food, sponsor, the activity you are attending.<\/p>\n Just because you have a purpose for attending the activity you are attending, doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. Enjoy yourself. You can follow up with everyone you met tomorrow. You won’t have that opportunity if you don’t meet anyone. Working the room is a step in the networking process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Seven Tips for Networking More Comfortably and Effectively Have your introduction ready.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0pleasant sentence or two, it’s\u00a0not your elevator speech.\u00a0You are socializing, not job hunting. Wear your name tag.\u00a0 Place it on your right hand side so that it is in the line of sight of people when you shake hands.\u00a0 You can use the person\u2019s name when you introduce yourself and it will help you remember it.\u00a0 Sometimes, a name tag can help with the conversation.\u00a0 Knowing the person\u2019s company or location can start a conversation. Move around the room.\u00a0 You want to meet people.\u00a0 So keeping moving and speak with as many people as you can.\u00a0 Look for people who may be alone.\u00a0 Don\u2019t stay with the same people. Make eye contact.\u00a0 A smile with eye contact will let people know you are open to meeting them. Pretend you are the host.\u00a0 Introduce yourself to others and introduce people you are speaking with to others. Reintroduce yourself.\u00a0 If you see someone you\u2019ve met before, use your name as you greet them.\u00a0 Don\u2019t make someone struggle for your name.\u00a0 If you see someone who has helped you, acknowledge them. Small talk is all you need.\u00a0 Ask people questions or talk about what you have in common \u2013 the event, venue, food, sponsor, the activity you are attending. Just because you have a purpose for attending the activity you are attending, doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t have fun.\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy yourself.\u00a0 You can follow up with everyone you met tomorrow.\u00a0 You won\u2019t have that opportunity if you don\u2019t meet anyone.\u00a0 Working the room is a step in the networking process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":2953,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3235\/revisions\/3254"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}