How to start a conversation
We don’t often hear tips on how specifically to start conversations. Host Johny K of the podcast “Communication Charm” offers some potent and practical advice.
Category: Speaking
Get on stage to highlight your excellence
Imagine getting up on stage with the safety of knowing that the focus isn’t necessarily on you.
Terms vs. terms!
Some of the most misused terms in the English language are simply words that are confusingly similar to one another.
Got any banter heroes?
Banter heroes are people who can always think on their feet—maybe people you tried to emulate when you developed your own speaking style.
5 stages of conversational intelligence
When it comes to small talk, some people get it and some people don’t—or do they? Here are the five stages of conversational intelligence.
Your communication must be impactful
Your ability to communicate with others is paramount to your success in any arena of your life. You must get your point across in a clear and concise manner. As a receiver, you must listen intently when others are communicating to get their point. You must also decipher or decode those who aren’t clear or concise in their own communications.
Offering the spotlight gets you more than taking it
When we’re trying to forge a bond with someone new, there’s one mistake we always seem to make, writes Mike Steib in his book The Career Manifesto. We immediately begin to fill in every available silence with details about ourselves.
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