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Page Topic
1. Cover Page
2. Acknowledgments
3. Table of contents
4. Rating Your Conversational Skills
4. Scenes from a Party
5. Why Some Conversations Never Get Interesting
6. Scenes From a Party-Revisited
7. Introduce Yourself Early
7. The Name Game
9. How to Get a Conversation Going With a Stranger
10. What Happens in the Minds of Shy People When They Are Having a Conversation
11. Small Talk Plays a Big Role
12. Learn to be a Better Conversationalist by Watching Television
13. Questionable Strategies
13. Closed-ended Questions
14. Open-ended Questions
15. Does That Mean You Should Never Use Closed-Ended Questions?
15. Where Were You on the Night of the 22nd?
16. Starting Conversations With Strangers You Encounter.
17. Seeing Eye to Eye
18. Your Mother Was Right--It’s Rude to Stare!
18. An Eye For Cultural Differences
18. Take it Easy
19. When Someone Asks You Awkward Questions
19. Listening is the Most Important Part of Talking
20. Enough About Me
20. Shine the Light on the Other Person
21. Hot Buttons
22. Excuse Me
23. And Now For Something Completely Different
23. Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
24. Taking Your Leave
25. When They Don’t Let You Leave
25. All’s Well That Ends Well
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