HOW TO MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION BEFORE A MEETING STARTS

The main problem with entering an unfamiliar meeting room is that its like leaving a bar when it's still light outside. yet no matter how thrown off you feel the guiding principal is:IT'S YOUR ROOM. Bill Clinton is a greate usefull example. The man knows how to enter a room, "when Bill entered a room he owned the room from the second he walked in," say's Dee Dee Myers Clintons first press secretary. "Because he was curious, he wanted to talk to people and would totally engage them. And pretty soon all the energy in the room was running in one direction."

The lessons of Clinton are:

• Dont be aimless.
• Don't be casual.
• Don't be aggressive.

Let your audience know they're important and that you're there because you have a message to give them, You have to be curious.

Most entrepreneurs are thinking about what they want to teach or what they want to convey, and everybody would rather talk to someone who is curious. It's amazing what that attitude does.

Who wouldn't want to be in a room with you now? you're amiable and confident and pleased with the way things are going.

KEY TECHNICAL MATTERS.

1. When people introduce themselves say their names back to them or take a mental note. Saying their names back to them 20 or 30 minutes after you've met them suggests graciousness and respect.
2. Do not give out business cards before the meeting begins. Because it makes you look like a black jack dealer.
3. Look everyone in the eye.
4. Do not talk about anything that isn't pleasn't, such as how much traffic you were just in, how hot is.
5. If there are fewer than six people in the room, shake everyone's hand. If there six or more, shake five hands and then node amiably to the rest.

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