I have always hated that term. I'm not good at that sort of thing at all. It may not actually BE the way I picture it but all I see in my head is a bunch of people with smiles plastered on their faces and looks of professional level earnestness, glad-handing, shaking hands with and mingling with each other.

Eventually, in my way of thinking about it, it turns in to the last scene in The Masque of the Red Death by Poe.

Thank God for binge-watching videos of bears in pools and backyard on YouTube.
Time so much better spent.