Legends Mixer Guide

How delightful! A fresh Legends mixer is upon us! Here's everything you need to know to have a great time and get some good connections outta this.

📇 The Matches

Open matches

📓The Directory

Use our Legends directory to learn more about who's in your room. Note that some folks in the directory may not be in attendance at the mixer.

Open the directory

Need to ADD your profile? Open the form

Need to UPDATE your profile? Search your email inbox for "Legends Directory" and smash the "edit submission" button

💬 What to Talk About DURING the Mixer

Remember that the time goes fast! Keep your first answers short. Use these as a starting point. HIGHLY RECOMMEND SKIPPING INTROS. Find people in the directory instead.

Whoever goes first should keep the conversation flowing, pass the mic to the next person and help prompt questions.

Round 1

Who goes first: person with the LONGEST FIRST NAME

If you weren't running this business, what would you be doing?
What’s one of the coolest things you’ve done this year?
Who are you looking to connect with right now?

Round 2

Who goes first: person with the COOLEST ZOOM BACKGROUND

Where do you work (in your house, at an office, at a coworking space)?
What’s one project you are excited about right now?
What kinds of collaborations or partnerships have worked best for you?

Round 3

Who goes first: person who JOINED THE BREAKOUT ROOM LAST

Who's your favorite client/customer/fan and why?
What’s top of mind for you in this season of your business?
Who’s a great referral for you? (ideal client/customer!)

🍍Community Norms DURING the Mixer

Please check out our brief community Code of Conduct too.

Keep the chat flowing! Feel free to say hi! Drop links! Tell jokes! Cheer on the music!
Inside your rooms, keep intros short. Time goes FAST.
No one in your room? Find another! Use the directory to see who might be cool! Or come back to the main room and I'll re-match you.
Conversation over? Suggest a room change and head into another room!
Real connections are better than connecting with everyone. Keep a look out for people with shared audience, location, industry or other overlap with your work.

✏️ How to Follow Up AFTER the Mixer

Choose 2-5 Legends from the mixer (or the directory) to follow up with.

Here's 8 great ways to make those connections matter:

Ask them for a virtual (or in person if you're nearby) coffee chat
Follow them on social, on their newsletter or on their podcast and start paying attention to their work
Invite them onto your podcast or livestream
Invite them to do a newsletter swap
Interview them for your newsletter/blog
Invite them to an event you're hosting
Invite them to another community you love
Offer to send an intro you think they'd want (be sure to confirm with them before making said intro!)

Guidelines for Follow Ups

The Legends who attend mixers and participate in collaborations WANT to connect! That's been the coolest thing about creating this space is seeing how much you want to work together. THAT SAID...

Be mindful about who you follow up with and why. It's not appropriate to ping every single person in the mixer directory for a coffee chat. Have a reason to connect. That reason does not need to be transactional but it should be common ground, shared audience, something meaningful.
Be clear about your intent when following up.
- "I'd like to invite you on my podcast"
- "I wanna hear more about coaching that little league team"
- "It looks like we live in the same town and I'm wondering if you'd want to have coffee in person."
  
  Again, your intention does not need to be even business related, but it's super helpful if you're clear about what you wanna get out of the connection. You can absolutely ask for a "get to know you" conversation, just be clear that's what you'd like to do.
Please don't pitch other Legends unless you're asked to. I LOVE LOVE LOVE hearing that y'all are hiring each other but unless a Legend reaches out with clear intent to hire you, please avoid pitching them like they're a lead. What's more common in this network is referrals and amplification (online boosts, shares, content collaborations.)
Please no "pick your brain" chats. Y'all know how I feel about that. Keep it mutually beneficial!

Find other Legends on LinkedIn

Add Legends to your LinkedIn. Thanks to Legend Chris Nguyen for this rec which makes it easy to connect with each other because you can click through on the company page to find everyone else. Follow "thelegendsnetwork" and you should be able to add it under Experience.

Here's an example but say whatever you want:

Find other Legends on Bluesky

Check out our starter pack! Ping me if you need to be added.

Thank you for being a part of this mixer and this network, Legend!