Buidling up and maintaining a network requires to manage many contacts in your address book. After a while you might get problems remembering every person, especially when it comes to associate a face to each name. On the other hand you know from your own experience that it makes your counterparts feel good if you remember them quickly - even if you only met once a long time ago.
There are people who have the wonderful gift of a great memory for people’s faces and their names. For all others who do not have that gift, technology can be a great ally. I recently started asking people if they allow me to make a picture of them with the camera of my mobile phone, which I will store in my address book.
Most people laugh about it and acceppt instantly admitting that this is a good idea. I think that this is not against any convention and that most people will easily accept if properly asked. Otherwise there are good chances of finding someone’s photo on a social network for business.
Having a face stored in each contact will make it much easier for you to remember people and it will at least allow you to have a quick check before meeting people again whom you don’t remember anymore. BTW, most people forgot that you made a photo of them and are impressed when you can immediatly identify each member of a group. Its up to you if you will convey you remind them or keep a small secret 
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