In the last few months I have met a ridiculous number of people at networking events and festival events. I was kind of embarrassed at one event when I stared at someone and said, “I know you from somewhere.” She replied, “Yes you do.” As she said that I remembered that I had met her only 5 minutes early and we had engaged in conversation.
A few tips to remembering faces and names of people you meet
- Repeat their name back to them. Yes they know their own name but this way, you are creating an association with the face and name.
- As soon as they mention their name, associate it with a familiar object. For example, if their name is Andy, label them Awesome Andy. It will ensure you don’t forget their name but you will be left wondering to yourself at a later date why they are so awesome.
- Pick one or two key things that they said and write it on the back of their business card. Do this discreetly before you leave the event. This helpvar link = document.getElementById(‘link2736');link.onclick = function(){document.location = link.getAttribute(‘href');} s to jog your memory when youvar link = document.getElementById(‘link2736');link.onclick = function(){document.location = link.getAttribute(‘href');} revisit their business card.
- Follow up within 48 hours either through email or LinkedIn. This will keep the convervar link = document.getElementById(‘link2736');link.onclick = function(){document.location = link.getAttribute(‘href');} sation fresh and allow for follow up conversation.
I realized that the reason why I had blanked on the meeting was for two reasons 1. I can’t tell if I have met people in person or over social media and 2. We had a one minute conversation about what we do and then were swept away in another conversation.
As I was revisiting these tips, I realize how I need to re-incorporate them back into my day to day to ward off any other potential embarrassing moments.
What are tips you use to remember someone’s name?
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