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Tough chats are manageable if you have clear steps to take. Experts share tools that they have used in their own lives.

"The most social place to meet someone at a cocktail party is at the bar! People often separate from larger groups to go get cocktails and it makes conversation easier to start because you’re suddenly ...

You know the feeling. You’re at a party, doing your best to chat up the room, when suddenly the conversation falls off a cliff. You’ve asked all the small-talk staples: what they do, where they’re ...

What happens when we become too dependent on our mobile phones? According to MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle, author of the new book Reclaiming Conversation, we lose our ability to have deeper, more ...

We need to start an important conversation about all of the important conversations we need to have. Our backlog of important conversations seems to be growing at a much faster rate than these actual ...

Striking up a conversation—especially with a stranger—is a lot like adding kindling to a fire pit and hoping it ignites. Choose the wrong starter, and the flame will fizzle out. But when you get it ...

That awkward silence. We’ve all been there. Maybe it’s when you’re meeting someone for the first time. On a date, even. Or in a job interview. Have you ever felt afraid that you would run out of ...

Bad conversation habits can be conversation-ending, but more often, they’re subtle and insidious. Most people aren’t trying to be huge jerks, but even making small-talk etiquette mistakes could lead ...