{"id":80664,"date":"2017-12-07T11:23:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=80664"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:51:10","slug":"how-to-mingle-at-a-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/social\/social-skills\/how-to-mingle-at-a-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #362: The Art of Mingling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s the holiday season and that means you\u2019ll likely be attending lots of parties,&nbsp;which&nbsp;means you\u2019ll be doing lots of mingling. But if you\u2019re like many people, the thought of mingling with complete strangers either fills you with dread or just seems like a chore.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well, my guest&nbsp;<span class=\"s2\">today<\/span>&nbsp;on the show has spent her career teaching people how to mingle and even have fun&nbsp;while doing so. Her name is Jeanne&nbsp;Martinet and she\u2019s the author&nbsp;of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250061768\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1250061768&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>The Art of Mingling<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<span class=\"s2\">Today<\/span>&nbsp;on the show, Jeanne shares tactics you can use to overcome your fear of mingling and then walks us step-by-step through how to talk with&nbsp;complete strangers at a social event. She starts with how to seamlessly join a conversation, how to keep the conversation going once it starts, and how to exit a conversation without it being&nbsp;awkward. Jeanne then walks us through actions you can take if you get snubbed or if you end up putting your foot in your mouth.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If small talk is something you struggle with, this show has a ton of actionable advice.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the holiday season and that means you\u2019ll likely be attending lots of parties,&nbsp;which&nbsp;means you\u2019ll be doing lots of mingling. 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