Following up after a meeting without seeming pushy can be a fine art. I always start by personalizing my message. Mentioning specific details from our conversation shows I was engaged and valued our discussion. I keep my follow-up concise and to the point to respect their time. Also, I make sure to include something valuable—like a relevant article or a helpful insight—that relates directly to what we discussed. This approach helps continue the conversation meaningfully, demonstrating my interest without overwhelming them.

Personally, I believe that momentum is key and momentum is essential for progress, but following up effectively requires striking the right balance between persistence and respect. Offering a positive and flexible approach, in my experience, will demonstrate consideration and not impose a deadline that can cause them to misalign with your original intent.

I personally like to call the individuals directly, I find this breaks the need for continuous emails and messaging. When you speak to an individual you can relay the urgency much more effectively, And they are more likely to follow up with results.

Might seem obvious but don't push! If there was a decent conversation at the event then the follow up is just a natural progression of that conversation. If you skip over all of those points and just go directly into pitch mode, you will kill any chance of working together as you position yourself as disingenuous. Unless you're up against a very real deadline, is there any need to push at all?

Regardless of how the follow-up occurs either verbally, via email, social media, or scheduling another meeting remind all parties involved with the follow-up about the original meeting that generated the required follow-up - include details such as the original meeting's date, time, topic or name of the meeting. Further this also requires two specific points, (1) very good note taking - I like MS-Teems's recording feature which allows hands free note taking because I can go back and listen to the full meeting to refresh one's memory and (2) ready access to those notes either hand written or typed - save the notes in your designated cloud drive for quick/easy access with the relevant title.