--- title: Vanessa Van Edwards | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Vanessa Van Edwards ## Vanessa Van Edwards ## Vanessa Van Edwards *  Jun 14, 2017 ### [This Conversation Trick Will Help You Avoid Awkward Silences](https://time.com/4817895/avoid-awkward-silences/) Never run out of things to say *  Jun 7, 2017 ### [Where to Stand at an Event to Meet the Most New People](https://time.com/4809102/meet-new-people-at-events/) Every gathering has a 'social map' that can be hacked *  Sep 1, 2016 ### [7 Body Language Tips Everybody Should Know](https://time.com/4462658/body-language-tips/) Make every conversation more fruitful with these easy tweaks Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/","name":"Vanessa Van Edwards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/"},"name":"Vanessa Van Edwards","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/vanessa-van-edwards/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```