This morning I had to leave the Rainmakers networking event before the activity in the middle, but I thought I would show you how animated and involved everyone is at these meetings. As I was networking with another fellow, he said that he had recently been to a chamber event with one of the smaller chambers in town. There were about the same number of people and they had a speaker. As soon as the speaker finished, everyone up and left. He did not meet a single person.

His comment to me was that he had already made some good contacts and the meeting had not really started yet. I don’t think that I saw anyone who was not meeting and getting to know someone at this meeting during that warm up networking at the beginning.

This is the video part of my small camera which includes audio. You tell me if you think that there was some good connections being made. This is not a networking group where you will end up standing around wondering who you should speak to. If you are not talking with someone, another person will come up to you and introduce their self to you. They might ask you if you have come before and if not explain more about the Rainmakers concept.

If you attended the meeting, tell us how many new contacts you made and if you scheduled a one-on-one meeting to deepen your understanding of the other person’s business and needs.

In case the imbed does not work here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgv–XUZHgU