[header] How to remember names during networking events [title] Pay attention. [step] Listen carefully to the new contact's name. If you don't focus on the other person, it is likely you won't remember his or her name. 
Pay attention, listen for the name, blank out other distractions and concentrate on the person to whom you are being introduced. [substeps] Avoid planning or thinking about what you are going to say next during introductions.