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2. Practical tips. Provide your mentees with the practical tips and tricks that you had to learn the hard way, for example: a. Hold your drink in your left hand, so that your right hand remains dry and warm for handshakes; b. Put your business cards in your outside right pocket or inside left pocket so you can reach them easily with your right hand while holding a drink or an hors d’oeuvre; c. Reach for the napkin first, and then the hors d’oeuvre; and d. Prepare some graceful exit lines in advance. 3. Meaningful introductions. Meaningful introductions are more than mere exchanges of names. Mentors can provide icebreakers to help give their mentees some traction to start their own independent conversations and make real connections. Point out shared interests or interesting news that your mentee can expand upon (e.g., “This is my colleague, Katherine. We’ve just promoted her to partner, and she just bought her first house!”). Introductions are also a great opportunity to engage in active championing on name pronunciation or preferred pronouns. Mentors can shoulder social burdens by intervening to ensure their mentees are addressed the way they want to be addressed. (Of course, this must be predicated on clear communication, and not on assumptions – address this together as part of the game plan stage). 8
4. Let them fly. Once you’ve identified your mentee’s social engagement style and level of comfort, let them fly solo as much (or as little) as they like, knowing that you can be their home base for check-ins or tandem circulation as needed. 5. Follow up. Coach your mentee on how to convert casual introductions into connections with tailored follow up. Send quick LinkedIn invitations to new connections to establish a line of communication and follow up later with a personalized email or phone call, picking up on the conversation started at the event. 9
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