Personal Branding Tip 311 · Relationships
Use FORM in Conversation
In your next networking conversation, learn four things: family, occupation, recreation and motivation. Write them down within the hour.
Take It With You
Download the card for a feed, a story or a link, or share it straight from your phone. Please keep the MCG mark on it.
Why It Works
FORM gives you context for rapport, thoughtful gifts and good timing, and it keeps the conversation on the other person.
Where It Comes From
- Source
- Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, subchapter 7.3, Networking and Introductions
- Category
- Relationships: The people who know you, and the people they know.
- In the Series
- Tip 311 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Relationships
More on Relationships
Tip 316 · RelationshipsMessage Within MinutesBefore you leave an event, get contact details from anyone you want to know better, and thank each one by message within minutes of walking away.
Tip 320 · RelationshipsAsk for the IntroductionName one person you want to meet, find someone in your network who knows them, and ask for an introduction with a clear reason why.
Tip 324 · RelationshipsReconnect With Twenty Old ContactsList past colleagues, classmates and clients you have not spoken to in a year. Send twenty of them a real update and a simple ask.
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