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This is the 20th blog post in a series taken from my book ‘Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.

I go to a lot of networking events, and still continue to be amazed by the amount of people from the same company standing talking to each other. Why waste valuable networking time, when you could have had that conversation in the office?

Maybe you’ve gone networking with someone else for morale support, but you will achieve more if you break up and tackle the room individually. You can then come back together at certain points and swap information and contacts which you have made.

By dividing and conquering, a team of you can network with everyone in the room, rather than just talking to the one or two brave souls who come up and talk with the gaggle of you in the corner.

Action points:

1. Get an attendance list in advance and divide up targets between all the people attending the event from your company.
2. Agree in advance with the people attending from your company when you will reconvene and share information
3. Have a go at attending a networking event on your own.

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