How to work a room : your essential guide to savvy socializing / Susan RoAne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

RoAne, Susan, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business etiquette.

Business entertaining.

Public relations.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Revised edition, first Collins edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Collins, [2007]

Summary:

How to Work a Room provides the tools and techniques for savvy socializing in all situations, whether at a meeting, a party, a conference, or even online. Susan RoAne provides practical remedies for the roadblocks that prevent us from meeting new people, developing new contacts, and establishing connections that build personal and professional relationships.--[book cover]

Contents:

The five roadblocks: Mother's dire warnings

The remedies: removing the roadblocks

Benefits: the bonuses of being there

The dynamic duo: charm and chutzpah

How to work the "virtual" room

Mr. (or Ms.) Sleaze works a room: or how not to do it

Don't shy away from this chapter

Eight steps to perfectly plan your presence

Seven strategies: from jump-start to smooth stop

Working the words: seven keys to lively conversation

How to work an audience

Working the rules of etiquette: good manners equal good business

Working the cocktail party with pleasure, purpose, and panache

Working the reunion: reeling in reality

Working the trade show or convention: the trade-offs

How to work the "techno-toy" room

How to work the diverse room

Working the world: trains and boats and planes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-286) and index.

ISBN:

0061238678

9780061238673

OCLC:

73928170

Publisher Number:

99952166187