Conversation and Connection
tips and thoughts about meaningfully getting to know people, building trust and being ‘charismatic’ haha
Conversation and Connection
Making Normal Conversations Better - by Sasha Chapin Making Normal Conversations Better
Sasha Chapinsashachapin.substack.com
Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
grouphug.substack.com
Resource for facilitation and public speaking - dont be boring! Learn to flip the switch of engaging listener/participants
50 Ways To Fuel A Conversation
1. Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others.
3. Take risks and anticipate success.
4. Remember your sense of humor.
5. Practice different ways of starting a conversation
6. Make an extra effort to remember people’s names.
7. Ask a person’s name if you’ve forgotten it.
8. Show curiosity and sincere interest... See more
1. Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others.
3. Take risks and anticipate success.
4. Remember your sense of humor.
5. Practice different ways of starting a conversation
6. Make an extra effort to remember people’s names.
7. Ask a person’s name if you’ve forgotten it.
8. Show curiosity and sincere interest... See more
Debrah Fine • 50 Ways to Fuel a Conversation
Meaning Supplies
meaning.suppliesA biographer of the novelist E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Eros isn’t in the romance between Aphrodite and Adonis; nor in the jealousy or vengeance that surrounds Artemis. It is found in the beast, and yes, specifically the boar’s tusks—the tusks that pierced and killed that which it wanted to caress.
Twentieth-century philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas, described the caress as a “game with something slipping... See more
Twentieth-century philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas, described the caress as a “game with something slipping... See more
What’s one word on your mind right now?
What’s an idea that jumped out at you from what you just heard?
What did this remind you of?
Share one way you might make this better.
On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident/excited/clear are you on what you just heard?
Raise your hand if you felt ____ about this. Raise your hand if you felt _____ about this. (Bonus
