Part II: TIPS FOR IMPROVED NETWORKING IN ASSOCIATIONS
1. Give people a break - - as much as possible! Association folks are just as busy or more so than any other business people. Many are doing double-duty with volunteer work on top of their regularly paid work everyday. So, for example, if someone said they’d call & didn’t, open your next call to that person with something like, “You’ve probably been super busy, so I just wanted to touch base for a sec….”
1. Give people a break - - as much as possible! Association folks are just as busy or more so than any other business people. Many are doing double-duty with volunteer work on top of their regularly paid work everyday. So, for example, if someone said they’d call & didn’t, open your next call to that person with something like, “You’ve probably been super busy, so I just wanted to touch base for a sec….”
2. Membership Directory – Two words: USE IT. Call people from it, email them, send them postcards. Jot notes in the margins. Write notes from meetings & other group events in the margins to help describe members; like: “the gent with the cowboy hat who sat next to me.”
Read Diana's entire article How to Really Benefit from Associations (Part 2 of 3-Part Series)Diana Barnum, our official Ghost Writer/PLR Expert
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