How to use business cards.

1. Business Cards
Lisbon, 2015
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2. Business cards are
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Information Commercial Infomercial

3. What information?
Must
say:
• Who you are
• Where you work
• What you do
• How you can be
contacted
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4. Business card etiquette
Present them with your right hand
and with the writing part side up
Carry cards in a case in order to
protect their corners from being torn
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5. Business card etiquette
Usually junior
executives don’t
ask for cards
Always wait for a
request for your
card by a senior
executive. Then
present it
professionally
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6. Business card etiquette
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Don’t write on a person’s card in
their presence.
Taking notes is helpful but... It is like
writing on that person’s face
Never give a card that
is out of date,
contains errors or is
not in proper
conditions

7. Business card etiquette
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When receiving
a card, study it
Represents a person: never
receive it and put it in your pocket
Offer yours
in return
Comment something about the card before putting
it away; this will help you remember that person

8. “Managing your image is about recognizing the genuine aspects of
yourself that should come across to other people.”
Heidi Deblaere @hdeblaere
#TheImageOfLeadership
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9. One of the biggests moments anyone
can experience is self acceptance,
development and evolution!
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