Susan RoAne

Biography

Susan RoAne leads a double life… as a best-selling author and a keynote speaker… whose practical, informative and interactive presentations are known for her " dynamite sense of humor." Susan has spoken for City National Bank, Boeing, Citigroup, Ernst and Young, Time Warner, Oracle , US Department of Treasury, Salomon Smith Barney, Procter and Gamble, National Association of Television Producers and Executives, National Football League and Hershey Chocolate. She has taught everyone from CEOs to seasoned sales people how to become savvy socializers. Susan, aka The Mingling Maven® graduated from the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana -- the almost NCAA Champions--and received her Masters Degree from San Francisco State University and spent her first career teaching students how to write and express themselves. She also assists emerging authors, speakers and future mingling mavens through her coaching business, pickmybrainconsulting.com. Susan RoAne is the author of three best selling books and audiobooks: HOW TO WORK A ROOM® (HarperCollins)… a classic, The Secrets of Savvy Networking (Warner) and What Do I Say Next? (Warner). Susan has also written an e-book for Warner Books: NETWORKING: Beyond the Buzzword and an audiobook, RoAne's Rules: How To Make the RIGHT Impression. Her new book, which has appeared in O magazine, Essence, the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer, and on match.com, msn.com, and cnn.com. How To Create Your Own Luck: The "You Never Know" Approach is on bookshelves throughout the country. Susan RoAne is the nation's undisputed and original networking expert who teaches people how to connect and communicate, has over 40,000 references on google.com. She has been featured in such diverse tomes as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Sydney Telegraph, Boston Globe, LA Times, The Financial Times of London, Cooking Light, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Entrepreneur, Harvard Management Communication Newsletter, New Zealand Herald, Men's Health, Maxim Men's Magazine, The National Enquirer and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She has appeared on radio and television throughout the world on including NPR, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, The BBC, Today Show of Australia and many more. Susan has been a guest lecturer at Yale's Graduate School of Public Health, NYU's Publishing School, as well as a return guest speaker for Summer Publishing Institute. She has taught the concepts of working a room and communicating at UCLA, Wharton, University of Chicago School of Business, University of San Francisco Law School, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and University of Hawaii. Susan resides outside of San Francisco.

Publications

RoAne jam packs this instructional and inspirational book with her signature anecdotes, exercises and over fifty real-life stories from "lucky" people around the world who, like Rumplestiltskin spun straw into golden opportunities. Those who create their good fortune or luck exhibit eight counterintuitive traits and the reader can do the same. "The actions and behaviors of people who create their own luck must not be underestimated…ever," writes RoAne. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN LUCK demonstrates that these traits are common in those who create their success so that readers can be more open to opportunities that surround them and start to take control of their own destinies. RoAne offers the tools and strategies every reader can take away and apply to their personal and professional lives in order to create their own luck!

Titles

Give To Get: Building Bonds, Building Business™ We live in a give and take world, but those who want to build a network or trusted allies know that giving is the lynchpin of loyalty. Relationships are built on reciprocity. Giving includes support, advice, information, recommendations and leads. How to Work a Room™ Based on her international best-seller, How to Work a Room "A room full of strangers" is identified as our #1 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. Connectivity: The Human Touch in a Digital World Maintaining our interpersonal skills in an impersonal, internet world is difficult, and, yet, essential for success. 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. What Do I Say Next?: Schmooze or Lose According to research at Harvard University and Stanford University, the people who will succeed in the year 2000 will be the people 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 an 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. 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.