Introduce yourself, "Hi, I'm xxx - what's your name?" Make a comment about their name (it will help you remember it) and ask a question eg "Hi Janeen, what a lovely name - were you named after someone? / How do you spell that? / that's unusual, where does it come from?"
Use open-ended questions (closed questions can be answered with one word) "How do you know xxx (the host/s)?
Make an observation followed by a question; you could comment on the venue, the people or something pertinent. "That's a great gift you gave xxx, where did you find it?"
Or try this: "If you had to choose between two super-powers, would you rather fly or be able to turn invisible?" (nb in a study, men preferred flight while most women chose invisibility.)
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