shmoozing

But rather than working the room, shmoozing with a key constituency, Cao was standing quietly at the edge of the crowd.

Joseph Cao, the unlikely congressman from New Orleans Steve Hendrix 2010

He was shmoozing the Hollywood crowd last month at a fund raiser telling them that the economy had turned the corner, and they all cheered.

CNN Poll: Only one in eight say economic recovery underway 2009

Talking to other people, shmoozing and playing a crowd are the best ways to end the looking for work phase of your life.

We’ve heard it all before. 2009

I, like most girls, just like shmoozing at games and trying to figure out the best ratio of guacamole to chip (I always get too aggressive and put too much guacamole and then my chip breaks into the bowl and I have to look around before sticking my hand in and removing the glob).

Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: Draft Me. 2010

I, like most girls, just like shmoozing at games and trying to figure out the best ratio of guacamole to chip (I always get too aggressive and put too much guacamole and then my chip breaks into the bowl and I have to look around before sticking my hand in and removing the glob).

Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: Draft Me. 2010

I, like most girls, just like shmoozing at games and trying to figure out the best ratio of guacamole to chip (I always get too aggressive and put too much guacamole and then my chip breaks into the bowl and I have to look around before sticking my hand in and removing the glob).

Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: Draft Me. 2010

Unfortunately, nowadays, I am noticing shmoozing to be more effective than actual job skills.

Recruiting Process: Candidate Sourcing and Selection for building a deck « TalentedApps 2008

And check out the NY Times today for a story about Bill's controversial ties to a Canadian mining magnate who used Clinton's shmoozing to land a big deal in Kazakhstan ... which resulted in a $30 million "donation" to Bill's foundation and a promise of $100 million more.

Gallup: Hillary's National Lead Over Obama Down To Six Points 2009

After their weekend of shmoozing, Mr. Vargas wrote in a blog post on the site that the new vertical (to use Web parlance), titled HuffPostTech, will cover “technology as anthropology.”

The Big Crackup: It's Vertical Vertigo! 2009

Air-kissing, self-promoting, stumbling in heels too tall for comfort but just right for a party photo, giggling, picture-posing, shmoozing, dancing, introducing.

Socialites Come Out of Hibernation for Patrick McMullan at Elaine's 2009