I  was recently speaking to a young lady who is a member of a number of networks and doesn’t have problems discussing her profession, referring others or in conversing- she can network.   Yet the thought of walking into a large event with 350 people recently turned her white with fear ( getconnecteddubai ).  It turns out, it was purely the number of people. Now some people out there might even be “freaked out” by 20 people. so how can this be overcome?

I suggested that she in future, may prefer to attend such an event early. Get there at the beginning while the first few people are turning up.  Not only did this appeal to her because there would be less people and she would feel more comfortable. She could leave when the number got to many. I would bet  she may even find that after 350 people had  turned up and she wouldn’t even have noticed!  If she did and was uncomfortable then she could leave. Simple as that.

There are many benefits to getting to networking events early. Perhaps one for this article would be that she also gets meet other more “knowledgeable “networkers who also see this as a way of getting more value.