How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends

Don Gabor

Jun 2011 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Now revised and updated for the digital era, the classic bestseller How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends has helped hundreds of thousands of people communicate with wit, confidence, and enthusiasm for more than a generation.

Small-talk expert Don Gabor has completely revised and updated this definitive guide, showing how to combine essential techniques in the art of conversation with necessary skills for communicating in the twenty-first century. By following the simple and dynamic guidelines in this easy-to-read book, you’ll be ready to strike up a great conversation anytime, anywhere—whether you’re at a cocktail party or chatting online. Learn how to keep the conversation going by asking the right questions, using body language effectively, and avoiding conversation pitfalls. Combining his tried-and-true methods with a whole new section on communicating online and through social networking, Don Gabor shows you how to:

· Identify your personal conversation style
· Engage in online conversations using proper etiquette and security
· Turn online conversations into face-to-face relationships
· Boost your personal and professional speaking skills to the next level

Packed with charts, hundreds of opening lines, real-life examples, FAQs, helpful hints, and solid professional advice, How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends will help you connect with others at home, work, online, in person, and everywhere in between.

Ratings and reviews

Got a lot of useful information in it. The author will teach you how to have a better conversation with your friend or strangers. The main focus of the book is to teach you how to have a better face to face conversation, But the author have a section which are dedicated to online conversation as well. In my opinion, what make this book so attracting is the information about social rule and the do and don't. I found the information to be relateable in daily life, and the advice given has this 'natural' feels and didn't exhibit fake or forced act to gain popularity. Overall, I recommend this book for someone who are trying to know some social rule that they might miss and someone who are eager to know how to talk to anyone.

I love this book. Very easy to understand and a lot of practical examples anyone can use.

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About the author

Don Gabor is a “small talk” expert, communications trainer and the author of seven self-help books and audio programs. He shows people how to network and use conversation skills to build relationships in business, social and personals situations. Don is a frequent media guest and the 2010-2011 president of the New York City chapter of the National Speakers Association. The New Yorker called Don “a gifted conversationalist.” Visit him at www.dongabor.com.