Bonus Video: Bestselling Author Susan RoAne, author of How to Work a Room, on how to mingle in a social setting

Susan RoAne has written seven significant books on connecting and communicating to build better business relationships.? Her books include the mega bestseller How to Work a Room, which was one of the first major mainstream books to lay down the fundamentals for savvy socializing, whether at a party, a conference, or even communicating online.

She is also the author of Face to Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World, What Do I Say Next? and The Secrets of Savvy Networking (affiliate links).

Susan is also a popular keynote speaker, focusing on helping people, companies and organizations successfully develop, build and manage client relationships that increase business growth.

In this video, Susan explains how to approach mingling in a business setting and a few strategies for being comfortable with socializing if you are shy or introverted.

Learn more about Susan RoAne at her website.

Bonus Video: Pam Slim, author of Escape from Cubicle Nation and Body of Work, on the importance of relationships in business

Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own businesses. Her blog,? Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web.

A former corporate manager and entrepreneur herself for more than a decade, she deeply understands the questions and concerns faced by first-time entrepreneurs.? Her expertise in personal and business change was developed through many years consulting inside corporations such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Charles Schwab, where she coached thousands of executives, managers and employees.? She is the author of the books Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur and Body of Work: Finding the Thread that Ties Your Story Together.

Learn more about Pam Slim at her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation.

Bonus Video: Dorie Clark, author of?Reinventing You, on How to create and nurture relationships

In this video, Forbes and Harvard Business Review contributor and marketing strategy consultant Dorie Clark explains how to keep in touch with people in your network and how to behave at social networking events, even if you consider yourself to be shy or introverted.

Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Recognized as a ?branding expert? by the Associated Press and Fortune, she is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (affiliate link).

Learn more about Dorie Clark at her website.