The Art of Mingling Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room

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4 Stars ok
this book was decent. it did have some funny stuff in it. but, i think being funny always helps ease situations where your uncomfortable in mingling. its worth it for some of the tips it gave. but, some or outdated/corny that you would look stupid nowdays if you used them. so, dont take everything verbatum

3 Stars Not for men
This book contains many useful tips for women. Men, however, could never get away with most of the ideas such as the conversation starters. What might seem cute or playful when done by a woman, will come across as stupid if done by a man. If you are a man, avoid this book or risk people saying “is that guy for real?” behind your back.

5 Stars creative ways to get out there!
I am only half way through this book, but already it has proven itself to be a charming and clever little resource. I almost returned the book thinking that I really didn’t need it but for the price, it has a wealth of information, techniques and real-life anecdotes and Jeanne Martinet’s writing is both witty and conversational.

This book could really be for anyone, if one uses the techniques and examples with a little bit of creativity. I am a college student striding both business and social worlds — when put into context I can see myself using Jeanne’s techniques both at a networking event as much as I can a social-mixer. Expand the techniques a little further and they can be used in events where you might not know anyone (in line, in a new class, waiting at the bus stop, etc.). The only thing Jeanne has yet to emphasise in the book (and perhaps this is a good thing) is the effect on mingling and making friends — this is not a book to teach you to be irresistable to men or how to win a lot of friends (many of which books I find unrealistic, especially since Jeanne’s more practical book and those ‘other’ books emphasise the same thing: confidence and fearlessness), Jeanne instead reminds the reader that the art of mingling is merely to have fun, survive tough social situations and maybe even have an entertaining conversation with which to share with friends the next day. All in all this book seems great both for wallflowers who often feel tounge tied, and party-people who just want to seem that much more clever, alike.

4 Stars Helpful hints for Communicating with People
People fear walking into a room and starting a conversation. They don’t know how to begin…..Jeanne Martinent ABCs for beginning conversations really makes you start thinking about opening lines with someone. Best of all, they are simple.

Jeanne provides very helpful ideas about how to break away from someone at a networking event. Breaking away is something people fear for they do not want the other person to believe they are being rude. She describes in detail techniques that she has tested herself. Practical information for anyone.

Kathy Condon, Author of the book “It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: It is all about communication.”

2 Stars Not as good as I had hoped
I liked the introduction, in which the author talked about her friends asking her how she had managed to talk to everyone at the event they had just been at, while they had failed to mingle. She does give a few useful tips in the book, but don’t buy this book if mingling is not, for you, an end in itself, as it is for the author. If, for example, you want to improve your mingling skills in order to make friends, this book won’t help at all. The book might help you learn to meet everyone in a room, spending 30 seconds or one minute on each person, but the sorts of things she suggests you say to people made me cringe. Her system will help you meet people who are the most confident and who are fellow mingling lovers, but if you want to put people at ease so that you can discover who might be someone with whom you might like to create a friendship, her suggestions will prove counterproductive. If you want to mingle to make friends (or at least not to destroy any hope of making a friend or two) read the excellent book by Don Gabor, How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends. Finally, The Art of Mingling actually makes the author sound rather shallow, silly and even narcissistic (and believe me, I have nothing against finding ways to get away from the party bore with bad breath who has you cornered, etc). Disappointing, unless, for you, mingling is an end in itself.

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