How to Work the Room
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How to Work the Room
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Re: How to Work the Room
#2Love the contents, hate the title.
Better would have been, "How to Behave Like a Normal Human Being Who Cares About Others, Likes to Have Fun, and Wants to Remain Receptive to Any Benefits That May Come His Way."
But I guess, "How to Work the Room" is sexier.
Re: How to Work the Room
#3Love the contents, hate the title. Better would have been, "How to Behave Like a Normal Human Being Who Cares About Others, Likes to Have Fun, and Wants to Remain Receptive to Any Benefits That May Come His Way." But I guess, "How to Work the Room" is sexier.
In all honesty, what's wrong with the phrase "work the room"? Is this a phrase that is misapplied to the subject matter? Does this phrase bring up bad connotations? Is this phrase not descriptive enough or too specific for what the person is talking about?
As a non-native speaker, "Working the room" seems like a good abbreviation of "how to behave...". Is there another, shorter, more descriptive phrase you were thinking of?
Re: How to Work the Room
#4Love the contents, hate the title. Better would have been, "How to Behave Like a Normal Human Being Who Cares About Others, Likes to Have Fun, and Wants to Remain Receptive to Any Benefits That May Come His Way." But I guess, "How to Work the Room" is sexier.
No, "How to Work the Room" is just very succinct.
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#5Love the contents, hate the title. Better would have been, "How to Behave Like a Normal Human Being Who Cares About Others, Likes to Have Fun, and Wants to Remain Receptive to Any Benefits That May Come His Way." But I guess, "How to Work the Room" is sexier.
In all honesty, what's wrong with the phrase "work the room"? Is this a phrase that is misapplied to the subject matter? Does this phrase bring up bad connotations? Is this phrase not descriptive enough or too specific for what the person is talking about? As a non-native speaker, "Working the room" seems like a good abbreviation of "how to behave...". Is there another, shorter, more descriptive phrase you were think…
Analyzing, designing, cranking out 8,000 lines of code, testing, and deploying by Tuesday is work.
Spending good time with nice people at an event isn't.
Re: How to Work the Room
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
In all honesty, what's wrong with the phrase "work the room"? Is this a phrase that is misapplied to the subject matter? Does this phrase bring up bad connotations? Is this phrase not descriptive enough or too specific for what the person is talking about? As a non-native speaker, "Working the room" seems like a good abbreviation of "how to behave...". Is there another, shorter, more descriptive phrase you were think…
Analyzing, designing, cranking out 8,000 lines of code, testing, and deploying by Tuesday is work. Spending good time with nice people at an event isn't.
To be fair to the author, he's writing about networking events, where the whole point of the event is to make connections, not just spend good time with people.
Re: How to Work the Room
#7I did improvisational theater for a few years, and it has helped me immensely over the years. It taught me four things:
1) coming up with funny/interesting/smart things to converse about with just about anyone
2) Learning about posture, bodylanguage, eyemovement, etc. 90% of a conversation is nonverbal.
3) Loosen up
4) Being secure in front of people.
I would recommend it to anyone. It's a great learning experience, and hey it's fun!
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#8I did improvisational theater for a few years, and it has helped me immensely over the years. It taught me four things: 1) coming up with funny/interesting/smart things to converse about with just about anyone 2) Learning about posture, bodylanguage, eyemovement, etc. 90% of a conversation is nonverbal. 3) Loosen up 4) Being secure in front of people. I would recommend it to anyone. It's a great learning experience,…
Stand-up comedy works well also. It helped me to get over my fear of speaking to large groups.
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#9I did improvisational theater for a few years, and it has helped me immensely over the years. It taught me four things: 1) coming up with funny/interesting/smart things to converse about with just about anyone 2) Learning about posture, bodylanguage, eyemovement, etc. 90% of a conversation is nonverbal. 3) Loosen up 4) Being secure in front of people. I would recommend it to anyone. It's a great learning experience,…
Stand-up comedy works well also. It helped me to get over my fear of speaking to large groups.
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Re: How to Work the Room
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
In all honesty, what's wrong with the phrase "work the room"? Is this a phrase that is misapplied to the subject matter? Does this phrase bring up bad connotations? Is this phrase not descriptive enough or too specific for what the person is talking about? As a non-native speaker, "Working the room" seems like a good abbreviation of "how to behave...". Is there another, shorter, more descriptive phrase you were think…
Analyzing, designing, cranking out 8,000 lines of code, testing, and deploying by Tuesday is work. Spending good time with nice people at an event isn't.
It's called networking for a reason.