Conversation 101

Conversations

Typically you start a conversation with, Hi or Hello my name is...

Conversations can be hard so i'll help you :)

​ Review time

All we are going to do is review what we just learned. You got this!

Multiple Select

What do conversations typically start with? (Choose two)

• Hi

• Um, do I know you?

• Hello my name is...

• ...

Eye contact, it's hard to understand but easy to learn. Lets talk more about it and other do's and don't in a conversation on the next slide. :)

Great job!
Lets continue.

Look at the person as they talk, nod your head sometimes to show you'er listening

​​ DO

Get distracted by the surroundings (try to focus on the person)

​​Don't

Really listen to the person so that if they ask you a question you can give them a genuine answer to show you heard them

​ ​Do

​Ignore what the person says, when they ask you a question about the topic they can tell if you were listening

Don't

Time to review

Multiple Choice

What is the topic we just looked at?

• Eye contact

• How to speak

• What to talk about

• ...

Multiple Select

What are all of the do's in a conversation we talked about? (select two)

• Asking closed-ended questions

• Looking at the person as they talk, nod your head sometimes to show you'er listening

• Get distracted and ignore the person

• Really listen to the person so that if they ask you a question you can give them a genuine answer to show you heard them

Multiple Select

What are all of the don'ts in a conversation we talked about? (select two)

• Getting distracted by the surroundings (try to focus on the person)

• Understanding what the person is saying

• Agreeing with the person

• ​Ignoring what the person says, when they ask you a question about the topic they can tell if you were listening

Open and closed ended questions, they may sound difficult but they are really easy.

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Great job! One more topic to go!

​​ Open-ended questions

An open-ended question is when you ask someone a question that they can answer with their own opinion and words. It allows you to not only understand the person better but also helps with your conversation skills. 👍

​ Closed-ended questions

A closed-ended question is when you ask a question but give the person a list of options they can choose to answer the question. This is not good because the person will not be able to express how they feel about the topic. 👎

Time to review everything we've learned. ( Questions are worth a lot more points now.)

Multiple Select

How would YOU start a conversation? (Choose two to get the question right)

• Hello, my name is...

• I don't understand you

• Hi, my name is... What's yours?

• You're weird

Multiple Choice

What type of questions should you ask?

• None

• Open-ended questions

• Closed-ended questions

• semi open-ended questions

Multiple Choice

What type of questions should you avoid?

• Asking any questions

• Closed-ended questions

• Open-ended questions

• All questions are bad

Multiple Select

What are all the do's we talked about in a conversation? (Choose two)

• Look at the person as they talk, nod your head sometimes to show you'er listening

• Texting/playing on your phone as the person is talking

• Really listening to the person so that if they ask you a question you can give them a genuine answer to show you heard them

• Letting your mind drift as the person talks

Multiple Select

What are all the don'ts we talked about in a conversation? (Choose two)

• Getting distracted by the surroundings (try to focus on the person)

• Telling the person about some of your interests

• Asking more questions to get to know the person better

• Ignoring what the person says, when they ask you a question about the topic they can tell if you were listening

Fantastic job! You have just learned the basics of how to have a conversation! 🥳 🎉🎊