MADE Magazine Global Impact Issue | Page 33

MADEXXXX IGNITE YOUR conversations 5 BEST PRACTICES TO SPARK IDEAS WITH LIKE-MINDS Photo Credit: Brenton Wilson. To talk on the phone as a millennial is almost weird. In a society where you can text to order delivery for almost anything, picking up the phone to call a friend is like using your last lifeline so MADE would like to offer some best practices for making things less awkward when networking. T he art of conversation, if acquired and mastered can move you to a new room and even a new tax bracket. With this in mind, MADE recently held IGNITE South Africa, a Global Connection series in which we invited creatives across various industries including Marketing, Hospitality, Entertainment and Tech to spark conversation through common interest of entrepreneurship. Understanding that small talk can lead to deeper conversations that can be meaningful to made-magazine.com | 33