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7 Most Common Conference Mistakes You Should Avoid
By Anuj Mishra
Blog timeOct 10, 2016

A conference is an event of deals and plans to discuss with ample business tycoons or officials in a flamboyant manner. Every action of the attendees has to be picture perfect so as to build a good impression in front of great clients and dignitaries. After all, they are the ones who will lend you the profit and would make your professional statistics get hiked. Behaviour is something about which you have to be very keen at such corporate events. You cannot possess an unpleasant state of the act that would disappoint the seniors or the profit makers. There are some common conference mistakes that a person could make and should be avoided. Read below to get aware of a few of them and try not making them.

Food Etiquettes:

Try to avoid keeping both your hands engaged carrying food and drinks that could disrespect the fellow member who will raise the hand for a handshake. However, hold your drink in your left hand and leave your right hand vacant for a clean handshake.

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Name Badge:

Even the placement of the name badge matters as there is a predetermined way to wear it. Rather than wearing it on the left side, it has to be on the right side under the shoulder blade.

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Starting the business conversation:

Jumping in a potential conversation or directly coming to the business makes you look too desperate for the deal. It’s always good to start with a general talk and try to build a quick rapport which would increase your chances of a good work relationship in the future.

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Don’t Barge into the conversation:

Barging into the conversation could make you look arrogant and some might even start hating you at the moment you jump into a conversation roughly. Start when there is a pause in the conversation and introduce yourself politely, shaking hands to everyone in the group would be an impressive move.

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Choose a relevant topic to converse:

Even the topic of your conversation matters at such conferences. Never talk about Controversial issues of a company, confidential things, criticism of co-workers, or your management. Always be prepared for an appropriate topic suitable for such kinds of meetings.

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Leaving a conversation:

Walking away instantly from a conversation appears to be a rude act. If it is something important stay until the topic ends and all of them are done expressing their views. “Excuse me, you all carry on and enjoy the evening”, or something like this should be your sentence while leaving from a group of people.

Business Card:

According to standard business protocol, you should not lend your business card to someone until he asks for it. Doing so would create an unprofessional picture of you in their mind.

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Making a good first impression at such a corporate event does not much effort, just there is some etiquette, possessing them would make you stand like a gentleman at such corporate events.

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Jay BhavsarMy name is Jay. I am a content writer at Bookeventz. Love writing and reading poetry and a big Cricket buff. Favourite movie and book of all time - The Lord Of The Rings.
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