The Silver Anniversary fully-revised edition of How To Work a Room® is now available in local and online bookstores. It has 3 new chapters, a new preface, a readers guide, expanded FAQs, new cartoons, quotes, quips and quizzes. The expanded Ten Commandments of Connecting and Communicating includes behaviors of mingling and socializing in virtual rooms, online social media sites and those rooms we enter in-person. There is also an infographic that is a step by step guide for anyone who needs to know how to work a room.
By Susan RoAne, The Mingling Maven®
1. THOU SHALT PREPARE:
- Attitude
- Focus
- Self-introduction
- Conversation
- Business Cards
- Smile and Handshake
2. THOU SHALT ATTEND:
- R.S.V.P. and Go!
- Act like a gracious host.
- Be a good guest.
3. THOU SHALT TRY STRATEGIES:
- Read nametags
- Go with a buddy.
- Talk to “wallflowers”
- Approach and be approachable.
- Smile.
- Allow for serendipity.
- Listen.
- Care.
- Extricate courteously and circulate gracefully.
- Follow up in a timely fashion
- Callz, email or send “thank you’s”
4. THOU SHALT SAY SOMETHING…ANYTHING:
- Don’t wait; initiate.
- Take the risk; the rewards are thine.
- Listen with interest to the response.
- Smile and make eye contact.
- Pay attention!
5. THOU SHALT MIND THY MANNERS:
- Learn old and new etiquette and brush up on thy manners;
- Learn the customs of other cultures when in other countries.
- Acknowledge others.
- Treat everyone nicely.
6 THOU SHALT AVOID THESE BEHAVIORS
- Do not arrive late.
- Don’t leave too early.
- Don’t drink too much.
- Don’t gorge at the buffet table.
- Don’t misuse the buddy system by joining thyselves at thy hips.
- Don’t bring thy gadgets (cell phone, smart phone or Bluetooth).
7. THOU SHALT REMEMBER THE THREE E’S:
- Make an EFFORT.
- Bring thine ENERGY.
- Exude ENTHUSIASM.
8. THOU SHALT DRESS APPROPRIATELY:
- Unsure? Ask!
9. THOU SHALT REMEMBER THE THREE C’S:
- COURTESY
- CHARM
- CHUTZPAH
10. THOU SHALT BRING THY SENSE OF HUMOR (NOT JOKES):
- Use the A.T.& T. Test™: Appropriate Timely & Tasteful
©2014SusanRoAne Reprint only with the permission of author susan@susanroane.com
*Based on the Silver Anniversary fully-revised edition of How To Work a Room®
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Susan RoAne, AKA The Mingling Maven® is an in-demand keynote speaker, networking expert and also best selling author of The Secrets of Savvy Networking and Face To Face: How To Reclaim The Personal Touch in A Digital World.
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