title: How to Work a Room, Revised Edition
author:  Susan RoAne 
description: &#8220;When it comes to connecting with others, some of us are naturals. But those who aren&#8217;t -- thank heaven for Susan RoAne . . . If you want to learn how to enter a room and build a network of people you can help and who can help you, read this book.&#8221; (Daniel H. Pink, <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author of <I>Drive</I> and <I>To Sell Is Human</I>)<br /><br />&#8220;I read this book 25 years ago and it helped me tremendously. The updated version makes it more relevant and useful than ever . . . I can&#8217;t imagine trying to navigate successfully in the business world today without this amazing tool. &#8221; (Larry Winget, television personality and five-time bestselling author of <I>Grow A Pair: How To Stop Being A Victim</I> and <I>Take Back Your Life, Your Business and Your Sanity</I>)<br /><br />&#8220;Walking into a roomful of strangers? Pleasant? Productive? Profitable? Fun? From tradeshow suites to virtual &#8216;rooms,&#8217; RoAne promises a lot--and delivers even more! There&#8217;s no more critical skill in today&#8217;s marketplace than becoming the connected communicator. Highly recommended.&#8221; (Dianna Booher, author of <I>Creating Personal Presence</I> and <I>Communicate With Confidence</I>)
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  COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2002, 2014 by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover art copyright © 2014 by Charles Bernard.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Published by Wildside Press LLC.
  
  
  
  
  
  www.wildsidebooks.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  DEDICATION
  
  
  
  
  
  In memory of
  
  
  
  
  
  Jenna Felice
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  The room was quietly comfortable, and not at all like the popular image of a
  wizard’s workshop. There were no cluttered shelves, no steaming cauldrons, no
  mysterious books, just a few pieces of fairly ordinary furniture, most of it
  in need of a little dusting. It did not smell of strange herbs or exotic
  incense, but only of wood and cloth and sunlight.
  
  
  
  
  
  But then, Lady Nuvielle told herself, this probably wasn’t a workshop. This
  was the parlor where the wizard dealt with his customers; undoubtedly he had a
  workshop elsewhere in the house, and it might well be jammed