{"id":27,"date":"2019-04-11T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2021-08-19T21:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:01:37","slug":"round-robin-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/round-robin-meetings\/round-robin-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Robin Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623185072531{margin-top: 65px !important;margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Best Practices for Round Robin Meetings&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1555336469344{background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Do Your Research<\/h3>\n<p>In the Round Robin scheduling software, you can click on a company\u2019s name\u2014as depicted in the image\u2014to find details about that company. This will help you identify the breadth of each company\u2019s product offering and other information to consider when determining who you\u2019d like to meet with.<\/p>\n<h3>If You Need to\u2026 Take a Pass<\/h3>\n<p>There are three (3) options for gauging your level of interest in meeting with each company (see image to the right). This allows IBC to determine the best matches for all involved. If you do not want to meet with a particular company AT ALL, select \u201cI Do Not Want to Meet\u201d. Keep in mind\u00a0<em>you can only choose this option up to eight times <\/em>throughout the match making process.<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<em>prioritizing the company\u2019s, you want to meet with beforehand<\/em>, you\u2019ll be in good shape to make the best selections \u2013 thus, making the most out of your meetings![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;901&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Use Experience to Your Benefit<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve met with a particular company at a previous National Meeting and the meeting was not as productive as you\u2019d hoped, you may choose not to meet with them \u2013 or schedule a meeting for a different time. Change is constant and many of our distributor and supplier members are growing and evolving to meet the need of the industry.\u00a0 Do your homework and use your Round Robin time to identify areas for mutual opportunity and growth!<\/p>\n<h3>Be Flexible<\/h3>\n<p>Remember: you\u2019re not going to get ALL the meetings you want, but the Round Robin meetings aren\u2019t the only venue to develop business. Consider networking over a meal, grab a drink with someone, or start a conversation at the evening social event on Monday.\u00a0 There are so many opportunities for you to drum up business over the course of your time together.<\/p>\n<p>To the left is a short tutorial on using the meeting selection software. It should clarify any questions or issues you might have. Click the video to the left to view it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623185093973{margin-top: 65px !important;margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1202&#8243; img_size=&#8221;550&#215;266&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Register Now&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#007bff&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fnationalconference.industrialbuyers.com%2F2021%2Fregistration%2F|title:Registration||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623185072531{margin-top: 65px !important;margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Best Practices for Round Robin Meetings&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1555336469344{background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Do Your Research In the Round Robin scheduling software, you can click on a company\u2019s name\u2014as depicted in the image\u2014to find details about that company. This will help you identify the breadth of each company\u2019s product &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/round-robin-meetings\/round-robin-best-practices\/\" title=\"Round Robin Best Practices\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/2004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalconference.industrialbuyers.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}