By developing your social skills, you will develop greater confidence in your ability to meet people, generate conversation, and discover new networking opportunities. Reintroduce yourself to people rather than waiting for them to remember you. This will reinitiate the relationship and establish support. Focus on people as they are introduced to you so that you remember their name and who they are. People like to be remembered and one of the highest compliments you can pay anyone is to listen and remember their name.
Memory recall is essential.
The greater your ability to store and recall data, the more responsive you can be to the people in your network. Become comfortable promoting and creating visibility for yourself. You are your own best public relations person and the one who knows best what you do and what you have to offer others. It is up to you to create visibility for yourself and use that visibility to promote yourself appropriately. Be gracious and courteous with everyone you meet.