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How To Work a Room®: Strategies of a Former Shy Person

From Quiet to Quite a Mingling Maven® “I was always quiet and often felt shy at events, meetings and even parties”, said Rosa Baez-Lopez,then Vice-President of Human Resources at Clearbrook, a Chicago-land social services agency. “I started as the receptionist for another agency and was working with Carl LaMell, the new bookkeeper, who always encouraged […]

How To Work A Room® or Zoom: A New Look at Face-To-Face Networking In a Hybrid World

It’s been a helluva 18 months since the Corona Virus created the pandemonium of a pandemic! Returning to the “new ABnormal” (a phrase I’ve used for 18 months) has contributed to our anxiety and feeling we are “rusty” in social situations. Many of us are returning to workplaces, meetings, conferences and concerts. We adapted our […]

Something Tough to Say? If Skittish, Try Yiddish

by Susan RoAne “Cyber dreck” … that’s what the Wall Street Journal said in 1992 was the composition of much that was on the WWW. I roared, knowing full well what the Wall Street Journal thought of much of the stuff floating on the internet. I was inspired and motivated to reclaim dreck in my […]

Susan RoAne’s HOLIDAY Tips for the Shy and Not So Shy

DO… 1. RSVP and say “yes” and show up! 2. Focus Your Conversation on the Event: The season is the reason. So, bring your O.A.R. Start with small talk and the items you have in common. Observe — The venue, food or entertainment: “What fun decorations! And, the food is fabulous.” Ask — The host […]