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Two Conversations and Then You Can Leave

Two Conversations and Then You Can Leave

Two Conversations and Then You Can LeaveKathryn Dunn
Published on: 13/09/2026

Decide the number before you go. Two proper conversations, and then you can leave. What empties you out at a networking morning is not knowing when it ends.

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Go Early, Not Fashionably Late

Go Early, Not Fashionably Late

Go Early, Not Fashionably LateKathryn Dunn
Published on: 06/09/2026

A room is only frightening once it's full. Arrive while it's nearly empty and you meet people one at a time, which is a very different morning.

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Standing Near the Edge With a Coffee

Standing Near the Edge With a Coffee

Standing Near the Edge With a CoffeeKathryn Dunn
Published on: 30/08/2026

What the edge of the room costs isn't the contacts. It's the sentence you take home about yourself, and that sentence answers the next invitation for you.

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You're Not Bad at Networking, You're Bad at Arriving

You're Not Bad at Networking, You're Bad at Arriving

You're Not Bad at Networking, You're Bad at ArrivingKathryn Dunn
Published on: 23/08/2026

Once somebody asks what you do, you're fine. Almost all of the dread is packed into the first twenty minutes, and twenty minutes can be arranged.

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