Wielding a flash drive at Meetup.com events

About The Robert Half experience of developing a following.
Parent ► Principle of massive information exchange
Notion The mission → The handoff → Followup
The mission The first time at a meetup group you are just a face in the crow
You and everyone else at a Meetup.com event think differently.
Everyone you speak with is a living and breathing and, in essence, is far more important knowing as a human being than any clever things that pop into your head.
The object for sale is you and how worthy (your people skills) you are in consuming THIS PERSON's air and intellect.
In other words, you introduced yourself (usually) first so you must focus on how much time is being consumed and how much fun the conversation is for both of you.
Make the time consumed worthwhile for the person with whom you converse.
The handoff ►Your newly acquired friend has a computer with them at the event.
I recommend using OpenOffice electronic files and using an augscend file organzation - skip the rapport file.
My supplied content approach:
   Top folder's name = Bundle.
Inside file's name is Bundle,odt (Writer file)
Recommend that your new friend review this file first.
This action 'closes' your conversation with your new friend unless your new friend wishes to continue the conversation. Maximize what your new friend does to close-the-conversation.
Handing a flash drive to someone is a form of trust BUT focus on getting flash drive back - some people initially think they are receiving a gift. A new friend doesn't get such a gift.
Followup Meetup.com event new friend(s) are acquaintences - You are soon forgotten.
The most common meetup organizer's question: "Who is here for the first time?". A Meetup.com RSVP is, at best, a maybe i'll come.
Get permission to email after you receive the email address and ask whether they are likely to respond to your email.
If it is a job you are offering then response will be good but if it is some other commitment - Good luck - you'll need it.
My point? - Treasure anyone who follows up - they soon may prove to be a real friend.
A real friend sees, in you, something they want and is willing to make an effort to get it.
This is something Meetup.com event organizers know firsthand - its mainly their real buddies that they count on - everyone else soon fades from memory.