Don’t wait at the edges of the room waiting until someone approaches you. You need to be proactive and start the conversation, by asking ‘what bring you to this event?’ Don’t let that question simply be an opener, you should listen and respond to their reply, and you probably are already a very good listener if you aren’t typically an extrovert.
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