How To Initiate Interactions With New People

Schedule

Sun Feb 01 2026 at 05:45 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

40 Store St | London, EN

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This workshop covers how to initiate interactions with new people in any situation, plus some skills on continuing conversation.
About this Event

T ICKET PRICES

🟀 THE FIRST 10 TICKETS ARE £4.50 ONLY
🟒 REMAINING TICKETS ONLINE ARE £9.50 ONLY
🟣 TICKETS AT THE DOOR ARE £15

In this workshop Ryan explains why people often have emotions blocking them (usually nervousness) in social situations & how to deal with this to not miss out on opportunities. In the 2nd half he explains how to smoothly start a conversation & make it flow.

πŸ”΅ - Understand why people get nervous in social situations or have other emotions blocking them from socialising
🟣 - How to reduce & overcome nervousness or other emotions blocking you from socialising
🟠 - How to start a conversation easily in almost any situation
🟒 - How to use positioning & body language to make starting a conversation much easier
πŸ”΅ - How to get a conversation flowing after starting it
⚫ - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills
πŸ”΄ - A challenge at the end to bring everything from the workshop together


Ryan has been coaching people social skills full time for over 10 years. As a quiet & shy person he wanted to work on his own social skills & after making huge improvements plus understanding how social situations work & how to improve he developed a process to help others for every area of social skills. He has helped thousands of people over the years to improve & now has a huge following including over 180000 followers on TikTok. More info on Ryan & Social Shortcuts can be found on the website www.socialshortcuts.com

After workshops we spend time hanging out together, a great opportunity to practice the workshop content & make new friends. Plus Ryan is happy to answer any questions you want to ask one to one.


🟒Workshop happening after this:

1. Assertiveness, Setting Boundaries & Resolving Conflicts In Social Situation
Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 5:45 PM in LONDON
eventbrite.com/e/1978221829745

In this workshop Ryan explains how to reduce hostility in social situations, then how to set boundaries & defend yourself if necessary while minimising the chances of overreacting or that there is a misunderstanding. Including brain training exercises you can practice to be sharper in this area.

πŸ”΅ - How to defend yourself if trying to keep things peaceful isn’t working
🟣 - How to set boundaries in a healthy way
🟠 - Being reasonable so that you’re neither having your boundaries broken but also not overreacting potentially ending up becoming the hostile person
🟒 - How to deal with bullying
πŸ”΅ - How to manage emotions related to this area
⚫ - Brain training exercises designed to increase sharpness at this area of social skills


In person workshops are at 40 Store St. - Store Street Espresso: London. Online workshops are held on Zoom & invitation links will be sent to the email you use when getting a ticket. More details about ticket links at the bottom.

For any questions feel free to contact Ryan or Gabriel:
βœ‰ Ryan: [email protected]
βœ‰ Gabriel: [email protected]


O THER EVENTS LINED UP
🟀 Developing Humor And Quick Thinking In Social Situations
🟒 Assertiveness, Setting Boundaries & Resolving Conflicts In Social Situations
🟑 How To Initiate Interactions With New
βšͺ Persuasion Workshop


If you want to see a short 5 minute documentary on our workshops check out this video -

We have a score of 4.9 out 5 on Trustpilot. You can see some of the reviews here (there are also video testimonials on our website) - https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/socialshortcuts.com

W e also have a WhatsApp chat where we discuss social skill, give updates about our events & you can ask questions. You can join by following this link - https://chat.whatsapp.com/FuT9gAwf9oMKACjbWFLmxk

We also offer one to one coaching on social skills for more information or to book a one to one free trial session visit our website http://www.socialshortcuts.com

W e have around 180000 followers on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@socialshortcuts.com

W e also have a video course on how to never run out of things to say in conversation & overcoming nervousness in social situations. You can see more info on this here https://social-shortcuts.teachable.com/p/conversation-course

Social Shortcuts has over 20 years of collective experience helping people to improve their social skills quickly, thoroughly and in a healthy way. We run workshops regularly.


Follow us on the sites below also:

http://www.socialshortcuts.com

http://www.youtube.com/c/socialshortcuts

http://www.facebook.com/socialshortcutsofficial

http://www.Instagram.com/socialshortcuts



🟣 Ken Robinson

🟀 Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with others you get anything interesting done

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