Personal Business Cards

[MikeEMTB]

So I am an EMT-B graduating college in may, and wanting to get my Masters in PA studies. The service I am currently with is volunteer (In school full time undergrad w/ clinical rotations couldn't do paid full time), and doesn't have company business cards. It was suggested to me that I get personal business cards printed with my name, contact info and certifications on it so that I can pass it along to drs, instructors etc. that I meet. I have yet to see a medical business card with certifications on it, let alone a personal business card without company affiliation. So i was wondering if any of you have, or have seen and could give some words of advice on how to do it and what to put on them. Thanks!

 

[Tigger]

Work supplies us with blank cards that we can put our names on. I have never felt the need to give them to other providers. I give them to patients when they want to write a thank you to the chief, and now when I have to do grant related things. But there isn't exactly a card exchange happening at the ED...

 

[Carlos Danger]

When I used to teach and speak at conferences I did that. It was sort of useful in that context.

 

[TransportJockey]

I only have one for my photography job. That's it

 

[mgr22]

Personal business cards are cheap and occasionally useful for networking. They don't have to be fancy. Mine are B&W with my name, address, phone, email, EMS certifications, degree, and the media I write for. It costs, like, $20-30 for 500 -- a no-brainer.

 

[akflightmedic]

Mine are solid black with a white phone number dead center.

That's it.

 

[AtlasFlyer]

Mine are robin-egg blue with my name and phone number in small-ish, simple typeface.

 

[COmedic17]

 

[Run with scissors]

What would you use these for?

 

[nater]

What would you use these for?

So the person who promises to sue everyone on the scene spells your name right.

 

[Giant81]

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/09/07/the-gentlemans-guide-to-the-calling-card/

 

[Run with scissors]

Ohh is that all?

 

[Carlos Danger]

What would you use these for?

This falls solidly into the "if you have to ask, you wouldn't understand" category.

 

[Run with scissors]

This falls solidly into the "if you have to ask, you wouldn't understand" category.

I guess so lol

 

[johnrsemt]

I had them while I was a CPR Instructor on the side; I used them a lot.

I always had a few from my Private EMS service (and a few from other services: had a frequent flyer on the 911 side that I gave a card to for a rival private company {He stopped calling 911 and started calling them 6-10 times a month. After a few months they gave him our card and he started calling us}).

 

[Ewok Jerky]

This is what I think of when I see a personal business card