I went to my first networking meeting last night and was sooooo excited. I practiced my 60 elevator speech all day and even the 45 minutes in the car on the way there. I was completely confident that I would do great! Well, once the microphone got to me, I clamed up! I hate a room full of eyes on me and I got really nervous. I stumbled through the whole thing. The rest of the night it made me more determined to meet every single business owner and talk to them one on one. I did just that I got a few people who are really interested! If I didnt make it to the next business owner to talk to, they were coming up to me asking for my card! Im super excited and getting ready to send my follow up emails! I just need to work on my public speaking and Ill be ready to shine!

Anyone else have horror stories from their first networking event?