The trick that I've used is saying the name 3 times in the initial conversation. That usually works for me, and people like to hear their own name in conversat

The trick that I've used is saying the name 3 times in the initial conversation. That usually works for me, and people like to hear their own name in conversation. Otherwise I have to use the "Have you met..." introducing them to someone else, then hearing them reintroduce themselves.