Speed Networking Costa del Sol
As you know, I’m a great believer in networking and I try to go to a wide selection of meetings to see which ones work for me. I am a member of Women in Business and 4B Networking and also regularly attend Tweet Marbella. I really enjoy all of these meetings and have benefited a lot from them, but if you’re not in the mood, it’s easy to simply speak to people you know and not take full advantage of the networking opportunities. Also, as I have become busier, I find it harder to fit in long and sociable networking lunches.
For these reasons, I was really keen to go to the inaugeration of the Costa Business Club at the end of September and try out their Speed Networking format. For those of you who don’t know, speed networking gives you the opportunity to meet loads of different people by restricting the time each person speaks to 3 minutes and moving people around when their time is up.
This may sound a little daunting, but actually it makes it easy as the organisers move you around at the right time and all you have to do is talk about your business clearly and concisely and listen carefully to all the people you come into contact with. I think the hardest part of conventional networking is plucking up the courage to go and speak to someone new and this idea takes it out of your hands, which is great. I really enjoyed Speed networking in London and they have replicated the format really well. I met loads of new people and was able to follow-up with those people who were relevant after the speed networking session was over and also by email after the event.
If you’d like to find out what it’s like for yourself, their next meeting is on Monday 29thNovember at Mozaic Restaurant in El Rosario. Here are the contact details so you can get in touch –
Web: www.costabusinessclub.com
Email: info@costabusinessclub.com
Tel: 634 364 131