Holiday networking for introverts: weekly networking tip from Shepa Learning

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How to survive an office party

If you dread the office holiday party schmooze, here’s an easy way to get through the event with a minimum of forced networking. Volunteer to help out. There’s always a need for people to welcome guests and give out drink tickets or vouchers for cab rides home. You get to hang with a group of like-minded people, and you put yourself into an easy “host” position. 

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Gayle Hallgren-Rezac, Judy Thomson and Darcy Rezac, principals of Shepa Learning Company, are keynote speakers and authors of Work the Pond! Use the Power of Positive Networking to Leap Forward in Work and Life (Penguin/Prentice Hall). They teach the skills of networking and communication to corporate clients, universities and business associations. Please sign up for their free weekly networking tip—it’s always under 200 words.