HW03 - Chapter 1, 2 and 3 summary - How to Work a Room, 25th Anniversary Edition PDF

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HTWAR Reading Chapters Introduction

Summarize each chapter in your own words. (35 sentences) The introduction is about the author’s experiences. She gives the readers some advice and summary what the whole book is about. She also gives some reasons why to “Work a room”.

Ch.1: Passport to Opportunities

She talks about the importance of communications. The difference of time and how digital makes conversing different.

Ch.2: The Roadblocks

She fully explains 5 reasons why we are scared to “work a room”. It might be traditional, natural personality or their mental thoughts. She also encourages the readers to get pass the “road blocks”, and take the risk to communicate. She talks about the roadblock and how to get pass them. She gives out the way to get pass the roadblocks, and guide on how to have a good self introductions. “Likeability” is important. You gains a lot of benefits from Likeability, and being disliked at business environment is never profitable. Likability can be taught to anyone, and someone can always relate to you, and there are rules to it. How to make your presence noticable the environment you are in. There are many distractions that make you don’t realize about your presence. Reasons of why being “presence” is important.

Ch.3: The Remedies:

WSJ Article Likeability

Video - Power of Presence

List 1-3 points from this chapter & explain how each connects to or resonates with your own life experiences. •Talking about the fear of working a room, that it is a normal feeling. •The benefits of working a room •Differences between working a room and networking •Practice always makes perfect, and you have to risk socializing to get the benefits. •Communication is always necessary to create a network and build relationship. •Face-to-face converstation is important, and digital networking has decreased the ability to converse face-toface. •Five reasons why you are scared to work a room. •The social fears are legit, but you must get through those fear, because the worst thing that can happens is not usually happens. •To redefine the term “Stranger” •There’ll always be a common interest. •There’s always a time to practice and create “proper introduction”. •Social Networking depends on Likability. •Likeable people are being treated nicer than other people at work. •Companies takes their employees on “likability” training: how to make people notice you and your ideas. • Your presence is an energy. •How to understand the power of your presence. •Being presence is important: the way you make them feel make they feel “appreciated” and connected....