Follow-up to a meeting

Networking is a roller coaster.  An empty week can quickly fill up or slow down.  Meetings can turn good and bad unexpectedly.   All I know is when I got to Friday, I was dead dog tired.

I made the mistake early on in my search to use Friday afternoon or Saturday to do all of my follow-up – thank you notes, etc.    I was doing this work when I needed a break.

Carve out time specific points in the week to do your follow-up.   Trust me, it’s easier.

Here is my outline to a follow-up note.

·         Simple thank you and “Here are the follow up items”

·         My follow-up items

·         Their follow-up items

·         Any points of interest or personal connections you made (e.g. you both sail, same school, etc.)

Remember that the e-mail is likely to be read on the blackberry so you need to make sure in the first screen shot they understand the e-mail contains follow up items.

Save the follow-up to funny stories, etc. to the end.   They are important connection points, but not the intent of your e-mail.   The intent is to get your contact to follow up.