9810934040. Pl call me in the evening post 7 p.m. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Shubhanku Kochar Sent: 12 January 2015 10:52 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Networking in Conferences
George sir can u give ur no wanted to tlk Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2015, at 7:26 AM, "George Abraham" <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: > > Dear Rahul, > > This is a very valid and real challenge. I face this all the time. Some of > the strategies I have tried to adopt are as unde: > > 1. Talk to the organisers about the challenge. Very often the organisers if > informed in advance will make arrangements for you to meet with people you > want. > 2. Make your presence felt by asking questions and pertinent comments. Also > sometimes if you want to meet anyone in particular, then mention your > blindness and your desire in meeting up with the particular pannelist. > 3. Try to talk to the organisers in advance and see if you could be one of > the pannelists. It always helps to be a pannelist because people will then > come to you. > 4. Establish your equity by writing blogs, making meaningful contributions > in forums that you are interested in, participate in debates/discussions so > that people notice you and start valuing your views to the point they begin > to approach you. > 5. You could request the organisers to share contact information of the > people you want to get to know and connect with them outside the > conference. This is often better. I always prefer a one on one interaction > as compared to a group interaction with the pannelist. > > The above are a few short term and long term ideas. If you would like to > discuss the issue further, you could give me a call. > > Best, > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Rahul Bajaj > Sent: 12 January 2015 01:10 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: [AI] Networking in Conferences > > Hi All, > > I hope this message finds you well. I am wondering if any of you might be > able to share some valuable and actionable insights about the strategies > that can be adopted to meet new people at conferences. I, for one, am > always dependent on the mercy of the people with whom I am at a conference > insofar as meeting panelists is concerned. This works just fine if the > other person is just as passionate as I am about forging new > relationships, but it becomes problematic when the other person lacks > either the desire or the nerve to go up to a panelist and strike up a > conversation. You typically only get a handful of minutes to meet these > panelists and , therefore, there's a lot of hustle and bustle in the > conference arena. As a result, asking a volunteer for help or trying to > find your way on your own are not feasible solutions. Please let me know > what you think about this. > > Best, > Rahul > > Sent from my iPhone > Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin > dia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its > veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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