Showing readers how to overcome fears, meet new people with charm and confidence, and achieve social success at every kind of party, business or pleasure, this book is filled with many simple techniques, tricks, lines and manoeuvres. The book helps readers to: develop the right mind-set for entering a room full of strangers; choose a first mingling target; deliver opening lines that really work; keep the conversation alive and interesting; master the etiquette of escape; circulate with grace and style; use advanced mingling techniques, such as body language, accents, props, toasts and name tags for maximum effect; recover from faux pas - everything from spills and memory lapses to wrong attire; negotiate tough rooms (too crowded, too empty, too too); and feel completely at ease at any kind of party.