Sosyalize nan evènman ak fè networking

Networking se yon konpetans apa, se pa yon ka patikilye konvèsasyon. Angle a pa konplike ladan l ; sa ki difisil se sekans lan.

Ki jan pou rantre nan yon gwoup

Rete toupre epi tann prèske pa janm mache. Di yon bagay.

• Mind if I join you?
• Is this seat taken?
• Sorry to interrupt — I couldn't help overhearing.
• I don't think we've met. I'm Alina.

« I don't think we've met » se fraz ki pi itil nan yon evènman. Li cho, li pa gen okenn risk e li mache menm si nou deja konnen youn lòt.

Yon detay pratik : apwoche yon gwoup ki gen twa moun oswa plis, pa yon koup. De moun souvan nan mitan pwòp konvèsasyon yo, alòske yon gwoup ki pi gwo gen poz natirèl, e manm yo souvan louvri fizikman pou kite moun k ap apwoche a antre. Nan yon evènman anglofòn, yon pwen men ase : gen moun ki konn bo lakay, men isit la pa bezwen fè sa.

Pwòp repons ou a « so what do you do? »

Yo pral mande w sa yon dizèn fwa pandan swa a : pare de fraz : sa ou fè ak yon bagay yon kesyon ka kwoche sou li.

I'm a data analyst — I work for a logistics company. Most of my job is explaining to people why the numbers they want don't exist yet.

Se dezyèm fraz la menm ki fè travay la. Senp non pòs la fèmen echanj lan.

Ki jan pou ale pi lwen pase premye echanj lan

Non ak metye fini nan yon minit edmi. Sa ki pwolonje konvèsasyon an, se yon kesyon ou pa ka reponn nan yon sèl mo.

Fèb : Do you like it here? Pi bon : What brought you to this event? · How do you know the organisers? · What are you working on at the moment?

Prensip la : mande sou sikonstans ak desizyon, pa sou reyalite « wi/non ».

Ki jan pou kenbe konvèsasyon an vivan

• That's interesting — how does that work?
• Really? I'd never have guessed.
• Same here. / I know what you mean.
• What made you decide to do that?

Kesyon swivi yo mache pi byen pase entèvansyon briyan. Moun sonje konvèsasyon kote yo menm te pale.

Si ou bliye yon non

Sa rive tout tan, e gen fòmil prèt :

• Sorry, remind me of your name?
• I'm terrible with names — Marek, wasn't it?
• Prezante moun nan bay yon lòt moun, e vid la ranpli poukont li : Have you two met? — yo pral di non yo yo menm.

Pesonn pa ofanse pou sa. Evite yon moun rès aswè a, an revanch, remake pi plis.

Moman jennan

• Ou pa t byen tande poutèt bri : Sorry, it's really loud in here — say that again?
• Sijè yo fini : Anyway — have you been to one of these before?
• Ou pa bwè alkòl : I'm fine with a soft drink, thanks. · I'm driving. (yo pa atann eksplikasyon)
• Moun ou ap pale avè l la pa janm sispann pale : That's fascinating. Sorry, I must just catch Anna before she goes.

Echanj kontak

• Do you have a card?
• Shall we connect on LinkedIn?
• Could I get your email? I'll send you that link.

Pwopoze yon bagay konkrè — yon lyen, yon prezantasyon, yon atik — se sa ki bay echanj lan sans e ki kreye yon rezon natirèl pou ekri apre.

Ki jan pou kite ak elegans

Se egzakteman sa ki manke pi plis nan moun k ap aprann angle, se poutèt sa yo rete kole nan konvèsasyon.

• Well, I should let you mingle.
• It was really good to meet you — I'll drop you a line.
• I'm going to grab another drink, but let's talk again later.
• Anyway, I won't keep you.

Tout sa se konvansyon politès, e toulède pati konnen sa. Se poutèt sa li mache : toulède moun soti nan konvèsasyon an san pesonn pa santi li rejte.

Mesaj swivi a

Hi Marek — great to meet you at the conference yesterday. Here's the article I mentioned. Would be good to stay in touch.

Kout, ak yon referans konkrè, ak yon bagay ki itil. Nan yon delè de jou.

Vize twa vrè konvèsasyon, pa trant nouvo kontak. Angle ki nesesè a antre byen nan nivo B2 : sa ki fè l mache, se dezyèm kesyon an ak mesaj swivi ou pa bliye a. Kontak ou ranmase epi ou pa janm ekri yo pa pote anyen, nan okenn lang.

Yon prezantasyon konplè nan kat minit

A: I don't think we've met — I'm Alina.

B: Marek. Nice to meet you. What brought you along?

A: My team's just started doing this kind of reporting, so I came to steal ideas. You?

B: I've been coming for years — I know the organisers from university.

A: Oh really? What made you get into it in the first place?

B: Long story, but essentially…

A: …that's fascinating. Look, I should let you mingle — but shall we connect on LinkedIn? I'll send you that report I mentioned.

B: Please do. Good to meet you.

Ouvèti a, yon kesyon louvri, yon kesyon an retou, yon kesyon swivi, yon fraz soti ak yon rezon konkrè pou kenbe kontak.

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