The me, who hasn't had experience at least once in their life? You enter the room, and as you look around, you do not see a single familiar soul. If that wasn't bad enough, everyone seems engaged in deep conversation―there's not even a straggler or two hanging around of these tight little clusters. You wonder, “How am I supposed to nonchalantly break into one of these groups? “ And how are you to know if you joining a chorus of frogs or a knot of toads?

So, you angle your way in, and the conversation just keeps flowing as if you don't exist. Welcome to Eavesdropping 101. Next time someone invites you to a networking event, you just sat No.

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Darcy Rezac is a practitioner and teacher of The Secrets of Positive Networking. With nearly two decades of experience as managing director of one of the most dynamic networking business organizations in North America, The Vancou-ver Board of Trade, he has met, hosted and observed many of the world's networking “greats,” heads of government, celebrities and business leaders. His Professional background includes senior positions in government, the military, General Motors and Alcan. It spans human resources, corporate and public policy, engineering, economics, international trade and general management, He has a B.Sc. In psychology from McGill and an MBA from the John Molson School. He has represented The Board at the World Economic Forum in Davos and Asia simce 1989.

Judy Thomson is a team builder and trainer with over twenty years' experience in North America and Asia. In her diverse career she been director of administration and human resources for a large global firm and customer services director of a startup railroad. She is a chartered accountant and graduate of Simon Fraser University.

Gayle Hallgren-Rexac is a writer and entrepreneur. She has been Darcy's excellent tag-teammate on hundreds of networking adventures. She has a degree from the University of British Columbia, where she studied Art History and Internet Marketing.