Extreme networking - America's new sport?

Allyson Stewart-Allen

High-speed networking evenings, as a way of introducing potential business clients to each other, have come to the UK from the U.S.

Extreme Networking America's New Sport?

Allyson L. Stewart-Allen

Maybe this is just a New York thing, and not at all representative of the rest of the US, but it seems extreme networking has become as rampant and trendy if not more so as speed  dating. Naked Meetings and Power Networking are just two of a number of start-ups in the US specialising in introducing professional people as quickly as possible, charging their attendees between 1520 for an evening of dozens of new contacts and business cards.

Somehow, this seems like dj vu all over...

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