Networking: The Fortune Is In the Follow-Up

Published: July 9, 2013, 11 a.m.

Ideally when you meet someone at a networking event, you end the conversation by scheduling a time to meet later and continue the conversation. A lot of the time, however, all you leave with is a business card that gets put into the top drawer of your desk with all the other cards you've collected over the years, never to be touched again. To prevent those opportunities from being wasted, Nancy Fox suggest following her 30-minute follow-up process.