Includes index.

1Overcoming Minglephobia -- 1 -- How to Fake It Till You Make It -- 1 -- Four Survival Fantasies for the Truly Terrified -- 2 -- Choosing Your First Clique -- 7 -- 2 Open Sesame: Making a Successful Entrance -- 13 -- Restraining Orders -- 13 -- Four Basic Entrance Maneuvers -- 17 -- Opening Lines for Every Mood -- 24 -- 3 Now What? Tools and Rules for Continuing the Conversation -- 29 -- Recovering from a Flubbed Opening -- 30 -- Career Talk: Yes or No? -- 32 -- An Abcedary for Those at a Loss for Words -- 36 -- Tried-and-True Tricks of the Trade -- 43 -- 4 Great Escape: Bailing Out and Moving On -- 61 -- When to Move -- 63 -- Etiquette of Escape -- 65 -- Getaway: Twelve Exit Maneuvers -- 67 -- Emergency Escape Hatches -- 79 -- 5 Fancy Footwork: Advanced Mingling Techniques -- 81 -- Mingling Styles for the Well Schooled -- 81 -- Gimmicks for the Confident Mingler -- 91 -- Sophisticated Body Business -- 99 -- Conversation Pieces: Using Props -- 104 -- Playing Doubles: Team Mingling -- 110 -- 6 Under Fire: Handling Unusual Situations -- 117 -- Lie or Die -- 117 -- Dealing with Faux Pas -- 118 -- Negotiating Tough Rooms -- 133 -- Sit-Down Mingle -- 141 -- Quick Fixes for Dire Circumstances -- 143 -- 7 Mingling in the Twenty-first Century -- 149 -- Navigating Current Events -- 151 -- Ahoy Polloi: Mingling in Public Places -- 159 -- Mingling for Love -- 167 -- Hosting: How to Please Your Guests Every Time -- 173 -- 8 From Insecurity to Enlightenment: The Tao of Mingling -- 177 -- Wu Wei: Premingle Meditation -- 178 -- Yin/Yang of Circulating -- 179 -- Art of Yielding: Using the Principles of Tai Chi -- 180 -- How to Feel Happy When You are Left Alone -- 182.