What Do You Say After You Say 'Hello'?
It’s Halloween party time and the end of the year holidays are just around the corner. You're invited to a few parties and you know you'll have to introduce yourself to strangers. What do you say after you say, "Hello, my name is..."? Do you even say "My name is..." or do you just stop at "Hello"? Or like many of us, do you wait for the other guy to say, "Hello, my name is..." and hope he'll just keep on talking while you think of something clever to say?
You probably have between 30 and 60 seconds to make an impression. That’s long enough to say the important things you want someone to know about you, but not so long that they'll be rolling their eyes wondering when you're going to stop talking about yourself. Some people take their cue from the one they're talking to. If she's quiet, they keep right on leading the "Hello, I'm..." conversation. If she looks like she wants to put a word in edgewise, they stop and let her.