Planning a local get-together for a2a friends is very exciting and fun.
For a simple get-together with your a2a friends who live locally, there's no need for a formal agenda to be prepared beforehand.
Recently, two of my a2a friends organised a get-together, as one of them was visiting from overseas and it was a great opportunity to welcome her back and to personally meet and know each other off-line.
We agreed to meet for lunch at a family-friendly restaurant easily accessible to our visiting a2a friend. The day we met, our Lunch Club was born.
So, it was a very pleasant Getting-to-know-you in person. It was a bit surreal as before we only knew each other online, chat online and interact online, see each other at the Forum. But meeting in person has put a reality to our SFI business. As we waited for our orders, we started exchanging pleasantries, how each came to be in SFI, and talks naturally turned to business. And discovered we all have been involved in one MLM before!
So my suggestions on what to do at the first meeting, just go with the flow. Let nature takes its course so there's no awkwardness or stiffness when discussing business informally.
Make it enjoyable and memorable. If you are meeting for the first time, agree on a suitable venue where it can be easily reached by your friends who live in different parts of the town. You can then suggest a time suitable to all.
Getting-to-know you will be a terrific start. After brief introductions, and while waiting for orders, if you're meeting in a restaurant, go over general topics such as how each has come to be in SFI, backgrounds, family, etc., to put everyone at ease.
This will lead to your topic of the day- whatever it is, and take it from there. Now you have an idea what to take up next time you meet. You may decide to meet at a different venue next time, the time to suit everyone.
The next time you meet, you also have a better understanding of your friends, and you can then prepare an agenda for your future meeting that is of interest to most – like how to create more sales, how to approach people face to face, how to handle rejection, and share each others best practices. You can even suggest each to bring a friend who's not in SFI so your next meeting will be a bit more formal yet friendly.
Enjoy the experience!
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Planning a local get-together for a2a friends is very exciting and fun.
For a simple get-together with your a2a friends who live locally, there's no need for a formal agenda to be prepared beforehand.
Recently, two of my a2a friends organised a get-together, as one of them was visiting from overseas and it was a great opportunity to welcome her back and to personally meet and know each other off-line.
We agreed to meet for lunch at a family-friendly restaurant easily
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