professional keynote speaker. Known asThe Mingling Maven®, she gives diverse audiences the required tools, techniques and strategies they need to connect and communicate in today?s global business world. Her practical, informative, and interactive presentations are known for what The San Francisco Chronicle calls her ?dynamite sense of humor.?

How to Work a Room® and master the art of face to face communication in any setting. With her timeless tips, anyone can overcome shyness and learn to schmooze with confidence in business networking or social gatherings. As a professional keynote speaker, some of the organizations that have hired Susan are: AT&T, Apple, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Time Warner, Office Depot, Boeing, Citigroup, Ernst and Young, United States Department of The Treasury, Oracle, Procter and Gamble, United States Air Force, National Football League and, her personal favorite, Hershey's Chocolate.

How to Work a Room®, SusanRoAne is considered one of the most influential networking and business communication experts. She has sold over a million books worldwide, and helped launch an industry that she continues to recreate and shape today.

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, where she was honored at ?Authors Come Home?. (She still considers herself a Fighting Ilini!) A former teacher, Susan is also a sought-after college keynote speaker at major universities such as Yale, Wharton, University of Chicago, Regent University and NYU.

FACE TO FACE: How To Reclaim The Personal Touch In A Digital World (TM)

Based on her book of the same title from Fireside Books, October 2008.

Technology has brought the world closer than ever before, and has given us more ways to stay connected. Those who have a strong base of Old-School interpersonal skills for the crucial one-on-one moments have the advantage of the human touch in our digital world. This is a perfect program for the technically skilled who would like to be more socially savvy.

This program provides tools and strategies so that each person will learn how to:

• Combine offline interactions with online communication
• Break the ice at meetings, conventions and social functions
• Work a room with spirit, spunk and savvy
• Build conversation that builds rapport, referrals and relationships
• Connect with colleagues, clients and co-workers
• Follow up with contacts using the personal touch

How To Create Your Own Luck:

Have you ever heard someone's story and thought that they are so lucky? The good news is that "luck" is available to each and every one of us because people can turn random chance into runaway success.

This program identifies the eight traits of people who appear to be very "lucky" but actually create their own luck. They not only invite more opportunity into their lives, but they act on it. We can do the same.

The program is based on Susan's new book of the same name and builds on her brand as the nation's leading networking authority. As a result of this presentation, the attendees will learn how to:

• Identify issues, problems and concerns that can be the basis for successful solutions using the Baby Jogger(R) model;
• Be open to opportunity, see it, hear it and seize it;
• Increase serendipity by recognizing "small world" events, coincidence, and "You Never Know" moments;
• Expand face-to-face and online networking skills to increase options and possibilities;
• Turn that current situation into future success;
• Create your own luck by using the Eight CounterIntuitive Traits so you increase options and possibilities.

As a result, attendees will leave with ideas, inspiration and a GAME PLAN.

Audience - executives, management, sales and marketing personnel, service professionals, job seekers and entrepreneurs.

Super-NATURAL Selling:

With competition in the marketplace being keen, the ability to build referrals is beyond the cutting edge; it is the lifeblood of a sale and a successful business.

How To Work A Room:

A room full of strangers is identified as our number one fear, yet most of us enter these rooms and face strangers often. These events are a source of professional and personal contacts. If we are uncomfortable when attending them, we miss opportunities.

What Do I Say Next? Schmooze Or Lose:

According to research at Harvard and Stanford, the people who will succeed in the 21st century will be those who can talk with other people. The ability to converse with ease is a key component of leadership as well as personal and professional success.

The Secrets Of Savvy Networking:

In today's market, the key to success, if not survival, is building a base of business referrals. It requires a foundation of skillful networking that creates long-lasting business relationships. Savvy networkers are perceived as powerful and effective.

How To Work A Trade Show:

The trade show/convention is a unique opportunity to increase your base of contacts, to buy and sell products and services and to have fun. You can rise to the challenge and seize the golden opportunity with proper preparation and planning.

When Mingling Is Mandatory:

Clients ask me to help their exhibitors increase the return on their exhibit investment and to provide "mingling tips" for their convention audience. This incredible combination of two tremendously successful programs makes the big business of trade shows pay off.