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Elevator Fun

I went to  LA’s Bigest Business Networking Mixer the other week at the Shrine Auditorium.  Huge Expos are like Six Flags for me! Not only did I meet several of my friends from online but I met a WHOLE bunch of recent colleague, and learned about some new referal for Networking Event Finders.com. Be that as it may a amusing thing happened on the way to the auto  I parked my car at the very top of the building (got a spectacular photo of the Los Angeles ) and at the end of the expo, when a quite a few of us got on the elevator what do you think happened? Zip, Zilch! We all stood there like zombies staring at each other. I had to do something, so I said..”OKPeople exchange cards! Who wants to give a quick30 second Speech? Now everyone is laughing and digging out their cards I held up a fist full of cards and said, “Who wants the Los Angeles Networking Guide?” Everyone reached for a business card.   Read more…@ Networking Event Finders Website

Wave Sayonara to the Sticky Name Tag

Greetings! At this time we are so excited to tell you about our next newsletter sponsoradvertiser.  And I can’t imagine of a more perfect fit; Nametag.com for Networking Event Finders reader deals).  Everyone who has been reading my stuff knows that Mindy Selinger isa HUGE advocate of name tags for business networking (the amount of my nametag-related attest to that). Thing is, I’d normally suggest going to a local stationary store to order them (yeah like that’s gonna get done anytime in the near future). But now there is an easier way, NameTag.com. In five minutes and a few clicks of the mouse, a new name tag is yours for $12.50 + shipping! How wonderful is that?  Read more…@ Networking Events Finders Website

For The Networking Jobseeker

As The Govenator puts it, the “Good, Bad & the Ugly” of the CA budget issue has been decided and it looks like huge layoffs are counted uponhere. What that means your business networking events are going to see additional jobseekers, pink “slip mixers” and career fairs than ever (the latter assumes there are still companies hiring). In conversations I’ve had with networking event hosts across the country, they tell me that they are all experiencing a up stat in the number of people who attend who list themselves as looking for work.  Most of these people have been out of the networking loop for a while. I thought I would roll out some quick networking Do’s & Don’ts for the networking Jobseeker:   Read more… @ Networking Event Finders Website