We are about to kick off our Fall conference season, so what better time to share a few networking tips we have picked up over the years. Most, if not all, industry events leave time to network with your fellow attendees. This is an extremely important aspect of the event as it provides you the
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You’ve Connected – Now What?
Social networking tools are becoming necessary in gaining an advantage over the competition in today’s business world. In order to see a positive impact from your social networking tools, your company cannot only “follow,” “friend,” or “connect”. In reality that is only the first step. We here at Financial Technologies Forum have recently started to utilize and significantly
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The No Complaining Rule… Could it Help Your Company?
“Don’t become a statistic.” You’ve probably heard that saying a million times. Usually, however, it’s correlating something with your health like cigarettes and lung cancer, but have you heard it in the company of complaining? Negativity comes at a cost. A cost to your health, your wealth and your personal life. It has been reported
Conference and Event Planning
Top 10 List of Dos and Don’ts for a Successful Wall Street Webinar
In this fast paced Wall Street world, not only is it a constant challenge to reach the people you want to be talking to, but also to keep their attention once you do. Webinars are an excellent tool to reach a greater scale of people from the comfort and convenience of their desks while showing
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Financial Technologies Forum Supports Operation Backpack 2010
While our main business practice here at Financial Technologies Forum is to offer conferences and events to the financial services industry, we are not all business all the time. For the second year in a row, FTF supported Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpackinitiative that entails collecting and distributing backpacks to NYC’s homeless children. While we
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How Hard Could It Be? Conference Planning on Wall Street…
Starting off a brand new job is rarely smooth sailing, and is comparable to the first day of school. You have to meet new people and learn how to work well with them, as well as become knowledgeable in the daily operations and routine if you want to be successful. This is challenging at every
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The Bull Run – and Maybe a Little Running of the Bull
Homework. I haven’t heard that word – well, let’s just say, in a long time. Despite that, however, the all too familiar feeling returned rather quickly – when the heck am I going to have time to do that? So, here I am in London dashing between appointments with clients talking shop (in heels, no less),
