How to Work a Room
1988 book by Susan RoAne
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How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections In Person and Online is a self-help book by Susan RoAne.[1][2][3][4][5] It was first published in 1988 as How to Work a Room: A Guide to Successfully Managing the Mingling.[6]
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| Author | Susan RoAne |
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| Language | English |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
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Background
It is a guidebook on how to socialize at parties and other events, oriented towards the business community.[7][8] The 25th Anniversary edition[9][10] was published in 2013 by William Morrow Paperbacks. The book has sold over a million copies,[11] and was number one on Book-of-the-Month Club's list of best-selling nonfiction books in 1990.[12] RoAne spent six weeks writing the book.[13]
The book starts by outlining the benefits of socializing, and the problems typically encountered when doing so.[14][15] It then dismantles these problems one by one while offering practical advice using specific examples.[14] The text is oriented towards business people.[14][16][17][18]
The book has been in print since its publication and has gone through a number of revisions and reprints.[19]
Reception
David Brooks in The Wall Street Journal (1988) wrote a tongue-in-cheek review of the book as a guide for shallow and manipulative people who are otherwise not very interesting but wish to appear so.[20][21]
Paula Yee Sing-Edwards of Fast Company (2008) wrote that the book was "well written and pertinent" while being a "great read with great communication pointers."[22]