Tag: networking
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I guess networking can be fun
How do we make sure people don’t just come in talk to no one and leave? I was hosting an mixer and wanted to avoid a room full of people nursing their drinks and appetizers off on their own. The goal of a mixer is for people to mix and mingle after all. It defeated…
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What’s on the other side of lonely?
The crippling anxiety and pain of rejection got to me. As a certified adult, I felt like the new kid in school and everyone else at the networking event already met their friend quota. All the cliques were closed for new membership. But as painful as that experience was for me, I can imagine the…