Working The Room Is Like Being Barbara Walters

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Working the room at a networking event is like being Barbara Walters, says reporter Jennifer Nycz-Conner of the Washington Business Journal.

How?

For one thing, when you’re networking, you’re always in soft-focus filter…okay, fine, fine.

Networking events are a good time to have an arsenal of good, generic questions prepared that you could ask of anyone in the room. Just like Walters, apparently, knows that no matter who she interviews, she can ask “What’s the biggest misconception about you?” and get a good response.

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