Independent Thinking Blog

Do You Work the Room?

One of my favorite reasons for attending a conference is the opportunity to meet new people and expand my community.

At last week’s GrowSmartBiz conference, Washington Business Journal‘s Alex Orfinger asked for a show of hands as to who sat with someone they didn’t know at lunch. About two-thirds of the hands went up.

What were the rest of the people doing there?

Photo by The Shifted Librarian (Flickr).

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