START A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE

This lesson will give you guidance to help you feel confident striking up conversations in a wide range of scenarios so you can unleash your conversational abilities on the world!

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Keep It Simple!

If you are someone who typically feels uncomfortable making small talk, feel free to keep things simple. You don’t need to come up with any out-of-the-box questions —just be yourself!

A great way to kick off any conversation is with a sincere greeting and introduction.

• Hi! I’m Lucy. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

It’s simple yet effective. It’s great for social events where you don’t know manypeople.

At work, you could say-

• Hello, I’m Lucy. I just started in the marketing department. I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself.

This is great for when you’ve started a new position and don’t know many of yourcolleagues yet. It shows that you have a genuine interest in meeting the people youwill be working with.

There are many simple questions you could ask to get a conversation going afteryou’ve introduced yourself, like-

• What do you do for work?
• Have you read any good books lately?
• What’ve you been up to today?
• What’s the last show you binged?
• Do you have any travel plans coming up?

Give a Compliment

Compliments help to make a person feel appreciated and seen. They

are great for instantly making a good impression and building rapport. It doesn’t

need to be some over-the-top compliment or one that has the potential to make the

other person feel awkward.

Just give a genuine compliment and flash a bright, cheerful smile. The beauty of this

technique is that it works in basically any scenario, whether you are at a party or in

a job interview.

At a party or other social gathering, you could say something like-

• I love how you’ve decorated your house! It feels so cosy.
• I’m obsessed with your earrings!
• Wow, your shoes are gorgeous! Where’d you get them?

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