Meeting New People

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Meeting New People

• Creating Positive Impressions
• Common Business Etiquette

Leadership Revision Committee May 2007
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Objectives

• What are the benefits of meeting new people?
• What skills are beneficial when meeting new
  people?

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What are benefits of meeting new people?

• Makes you feel at eased and welcomed
• Allows you to introduce yourself and others
• Allows you to learn about people
• Names
• Interests

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What are benefits of meeting new people?

• Enables you to discover what you have in common
• Changes how others perceive you
• Enables you to make new friends

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What are benefits of meeting new people?

• Makes others feel valued and worthy
• Is the right thing to do

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What skills are beneficial when meeting new
people?

• Eye contact
• Signals interest
• Look people in the eye
• Dont look around the person or at something
  specific such as clothes, hair, etc.
• Hold eye contact for 2-3 seconds before you look
  away

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What skills are beneficial when meeting new
people?

• Handshake
• Should be firm, but not too strong
• Stand up to shake hands
• dont hold on too long or too little

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What skills are beneficial when meeting new
people?

• Etiquette
• Have clean hands for handshake
• Stand up when you meet someone
• Avoid slang, vulgarity, rude comments or bias
• Dont interrupt a conversation just to meet
  someone
• Smile
• Be sincere
• Dont gossip

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What skills are beneficial when meeting new
people?

• Appearance
• Make an effort to look nice when you will be
  meeting people
• Repeat names
• To make sure you heard it correctly
• To help you remember

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What skills are beneficial when meeting new
people?

• Self-introduction
• Include your name
• Where youre from
• Why your there
• Listen