How To Work a Room

     "They" told me it was to be a revision and relaunch of a classic. How could I resist?  Writing a book that continues to be purchased and have impact is an author's dream.  How To Work a Room was first published in November, 1988 and it made the pages of newspapers across the country including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle and magazines like Harper's, Ladies Home Journal and Bride Magazine. The book resonated with editors, reviewers and producers and buyers because the majority of us find walking into a room full of people to be daunting. And it still is!

     While there are many books on networking and conversation, including my own, The Secrets of Savvy Networking (on CD and printondemand) and What Do I Say Next?, there is no other book that specifically addresses those myriad rooms we must enter to do business, build our careers or enhance our personal lives. This newly revised version addresses the evergreen issues and those that have been changed and challenged by technology.  So many people contributed to it and were wonderful sources. But others were unwitting contributors because they trangressed boundaries and provided great material! Of course, in these litigious times, I had to fictionalize their names but I never had to embellish their deeds.

     So if you find events to be daunting, or know someone else who does...How To Work a Room is the perfect antidote!

      Check your neighborhood bookstores or online bookstores on April 25th. 

      And what is your best "room working" story???   susan@susanroane.com