At your next networking event wait until people ASK you questions about your business BEFORE you thrust a business card into their hands.
You start it off. Engage your fellow networkers in conversation. Ask questions. Learn about their business.
Be interested.
And then wait and see if they ask you any questions in turn. If they don’t, I would suggest moving on. Time is too short to waste with people that are selfish and don’t understand that networking is a dance in which both partners must participate, even if one is leading.
Find yourself a better partner and make the time more worthwhile.
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I agree wholeheartedly. Save your time and energy for those people who are givers, not just takers. As for the latter — Illegitimus Non Carborundum !