Comments on: 5 Reasons Why Face to Face Meetings Are Still Important

By: cccastellon

cccastellon — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:35:19 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for visiting. No, I haven’t written any guest posts for others.

By: Pirsey

Pirsey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:26:13 +0000

The style of writing is very familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other bloggers?

By: John

John — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:48:02 +0000

We’ve launched a site for arranging face-to-face networking meetings will new people for business, professional or social purposes (described below). We are launching a blog for the site that will include articles about the importance of real world networking. Let me know if you’d be interested in submitted an article with a link to your site.

Regards, John

Using MeetingWave.com, you can organize in-person meetings with new people by following the site’s Public Invite process:

1. Post a “Public Invite” describing who you’d like to meet or the purpose of the meeting, whether it’s coffee, lunch, drinks, golf or some other activity.

2. You’ll be notified by email when someone accepts your Public Invite.

3. You can approve or decline anyone’s acceptance for any reason – it’s entirely up to you. The other people will be notified of your decision. Approve at least one acceptance, and your meeting is on!

If you invite a specific person to attend a meeting, you would not need to “approve” that person’s acceptance in order for that person to receive confirmation that he may attend the meeting. MeetingWave.com assumes that if you have specified someone to invite, you would not have any reason to decline that person’s acceptance.

You can choose to have the meeting location disclosed only to people you approve to attend. Moreover, the site’s messaging system allows you to communicate – directly and privately – with those who have indicated an interest in attending your meeting.

By: Peggy Mckee

Peggy Mckee — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:51:04 +0000

Face to face is very effective. I agree. But now people are reluctant to call on the phone – they would rather email. In my experience, face to face or voice to voice – you will resolve more issues and move every relationship further and faster. Pick up the phone, go see the client, you will be rewarded.

By: cccastellon

cccastellon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:10:39 +0000

Hi Greg,

I think your ex-boss may have the more original version. To be honest, I’ve also heard this expression before and I thought it might fit right in here when I was writing this post. Thanks for stopping by!

Carlos

By: Sonnie

Sonnie — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:06:00 +0000

Great insights, indeed a human touch can not be replaced by technology.

By: Greg Moreno

Greg Moreno — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:00:25 +0000

My former boss once said that you can’t fax a handshake. I guess now we should say, “you can’t email a handshake”.

By: cccastellon

cccastellon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:32:22 +0000

Susan,

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your feedback. After all that’s been said about technology, it is still only an enabler. Real social skills are still needed to lay the foundations of lasting relationships.

Cheers,

Carlos

By: Susan RoAne

Susan RoAne — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:17:58 +0000

Carlos,
Well said! All the emoticons in the world cannot convey what a smile can do… create bonds, build comraderie and strengthen connections. That alone makes the in person connections and face to face meetings impossible to be replicated by technology.
We need to be what Arianna Huffington said were “hybrids”… conversant with technology and have real time social skills that are the backbone of business interactions. The research shows that the world will belong to those who can “talk to other people”.

Thank you for penning your thoughts.

Susan RoAne, author How To Work a Room and What Do I Say Next?