Susan RoAne leads a double life… as a best-selling author and a professional keynote speaker… whose practical, informative and interactive presentations are known for her "dynamite sense of humor.".. according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

She has taught everyone from CEOs to seasoned sales people how to become savvy socializers and successful communicators. Susan has spoken for City National Bank, Boeing, Citigroup, Ernst and Young, Time Warner, Oracle , US Department of Treasury, Salomon Smith Barney, Deloitte Touche, National Association of Television Producers and Executives, National Football League, RSA Security, Naval Postgraduate School and Hershey Chocolate.

Susan, aka The Mingling Maven® graduated from the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana -- and received her Masters Degree from San Francisco State University and spent her first career teaching students how to write and express themselves. Susan RoAne has endowed The RoAne Scholarship to help U of I students who want to become public school educators.

Susan RoAne is an INTERACTIONALIST and the nation's undisputed and original networking expert who teaches people how to connect and communicate. 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 consults with companies and individuals who want to enhance their skills of interaction as part of 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(Audio Renaissance) 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 newest 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 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, University of Illinois MBA program, 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.

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