There's no magic. Sit down and draw up a list of: * 5 ice breaker questions (you don't need more, 1 is really enough but us geeks feel guilty reusing conve

There's no magic. Sit down and draw up a list of: * 5 ice breaker questions (you don't need more, 1 is really enough but us geeks feel guilty reusing conversation where good conversationalists reuse everything all the time) * 10 general life stories about you from completely different aspects. Now practice telling these. Deliver them slower than you think is right because you'll naturally tend to aim for efficiency but what you should aim for is being interesting. Use open body language in the mirror while practicing. Smile. I think anyone can do this really and this puts you in the top 25%. Seriously even normal less techie people are terrible at this too so have heart!