After a long 15 months of Zoom meetings, phone calls and virtual happy hours, Datonics is happy to be on the road again meeting partners in various corners of the U.S. The authenticity of the face-to-face meeting is hard to replicate over Zoom. There is also the added benefit of these types of encounters now representing something more than just an opportunity to build and strengthen business relationships.
The in-person business meeting now represents the comeback.
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, our team was able to experience and share in the excitement of in-person meetings. For some of our get-togethers, we dined at new restaurants and bars. Business is, can and should be fun.
When we first went into lockdown, we were predicting that going back to “normal” would seem un-normal. We would never shake hands again or hug! The hug was definitely not making a comeback.
Now that we are here, meeting etiquette has gone surprisingly unchanged. It’s a personal preference, but it seems a little over a year is not enough time to break habits. We are shaking hands, hugging, laughing, sitting close to one another, and fully taking in the opportunity to safely be together, in-person once again.