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Small Talk Skills | Small Talk Dos and Don’ts with Papa Alpha
Small Talk Skills | Conversation Starters
Opening Lines and Conversation Starters
Aaron Marino of alpha m. says that small talk is the key to managing the act of conversing with new people and a critical component of interaction. We need small talk. It’s like boxing- you start by feeling him / her out. It’s a dance, not knocking someone out. Small talk is peppering them with punches.
Four Favorite Conversation Starters
- “When you’re not working, what do you like doing?” – hobbies (passion) are something that people can talk about all day long and they get excited doing it. Conversation will get rolling, and eventually they reciprocate the question.
- “How’s your day going?” – hopefully they elaborate more than ‘fine’. If not, go to #3.
- “You have any plans this weekend?” – if they haven’t engaged at this point, this person ‘sucks’ and find someone else.
- Lead with a compliment; however, the only appropriate aspect to compliment is something that they’re wearing otherwise it could be taken the wrong way!
