For the first time in what seems like ages, I recently attended a networking event. Having focused on growing my business over the past few years, I haven’t been as involved in the community as I like to be. But now that our firm is more mature, with a team of senior professionals, I’m venturing out more into the local business community.

The lunch meeting of the Association for Corporate Growth of North Florida was pretty standard—business professionals arrived about a half hour before the luncheon to network, meet new people and exchange business cards. The networking continued after we ate and I left with a handful of business cards.