How to Work a Room, Revised Edition: Your Essential Guide to...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
• Published by: Collins Living
• Edition: Revised Edition April 24, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0061238678
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0061238673
• Book Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 6.4 ounces

Product Description


This is the fully revised and updated edition of the ground–breaking self–help book on improving communicating and socializing skills in business and life. How To Work A Room lays down the basics for savvy socializing, whether at a party, a conference, or even communicating online. RoAne clearly shows how to overcome the five roadblocks that keep most people from making new contacts; mix chutzpah and charm to start and end conversations smoothly; know when to use humor––and when not to; and follow simple rules of etiquette. Incorporating years of feedback from hundreds of presentations, as well as anecdotes from around the globe, RoAne keeps How To Work A Room fresh and on target. New chapters include: strategies starting, maintaining, and exiting conservations; and advice on commutating effectively in today's tech driven world.

About The Author


Susan RoAne is a bestselling author, an in-demand keynote speaker, and a communications coach. She has shared her strategies with audiences in corporate, convention, and university America as well as on radio and television around the world. Susan has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Financial Times of London, msn.com, and businessweek.com. She is the author of four books, including The Secrets of Savvy Networking, What Do I Say Next? and How To Create Your Own Luck. Susan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reader Reviews
Susan RoAne claims 93% of all people consider themselves shy. She says more people are afraid of entering a room of strangers than of public speaking. As someone who has always had trouble mingling, I found those two facts reassuring. Still, I was expecting lots of instruction, but be advised, this book is about 50% pep talk and 50% technique. Well worth reading, but may leave you feeling hungry for more.