How to Start a Discussion at an Event
When three or four people are talking about a topic, approach them and see if they are a good option for communication. If it was your favorite topic, without interrupting them, get involved in the discussion in some way with one of the topics in which you are proficient. If the conditions were not right for your communication, leave them respectfully. Do not forget that others see you. Even the same few people realized that you were going to join them; when you leave them without notice, they would not take you seriously in the future.
Smiling is a trick to open a conversation. As soon as you meet others with a smiling face and smile at others while greeting them with a few simple words, the first contact is made and the ice of the relationship is broken.
Nothing can substitute a smile, and no behavior is as repulsive as moroseness. Even if you have a gloomy face, attempt to represent a smiling face in public places to avoid being prejudged by others. If some people have negative prejudges about you, it will be very difficult to change that mindset and make communication with them.
The set of what you represent in the first encounter will remain in the mind of your audience. What is important is to make the opposite side feel that even if they cannot work with you today, in the future they may do.
Attempt to be attractive to others.
Attractiveness is important in business relationships, but attractiveness does not depend on the face; it is associated with the things you state, it depends on your mastery of the subject, it is related to your behavior and your sobriety, it is tied to the appropriate and typical dressing style.
Some people retain their past relationships and constantly keep in touch with old friends. This can deepen the scope of their relationship and make them look attractive in the community. Such relationships will help them promote their business and benefit others indirectly.
Attempt to share your good communications with the other side. When you do this, the addressees would realize that you have something to offer. As soon as people recognize that they can achieve something with you, they will take the relationships with you seriously.