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The Art of Conversation: Change Your Life with Confident Communication

ISBN: 978-0-85708-538-2
248 pages
April 2014, Capstone
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May 01, 2014
UK

The Art of Conversation

Good conversation is at the heart of successful networking, meetings, interviews, negotiations and raising your profile. But how to converse is something most of us were never taught. We learn to speak as babies, but how conversation actually works is something most of us pick up only haphazardly, and many have yet to learn.

In The Art of Conversation: Change Your Life with Confident Communication, author and international communication specialist, Judy Apps, shows readers - step by step - how to converse skillfully and enjoyably with other people, at home, at work, on the phone and in the street.

 She explains how to discover the difference good conversation can make in every aspect of your life and demonstrates how to:

  • Overcome fear - the most common block to good conversation; how to break the silence and keep the conversation going
  • Understand the different types of conversation and how they work- which topics and language are suitable for the occasion
  • Learn simple methods for being heard and understood, including speaking clearly and audibly, listening well and using non-verbal communication
  • Hold a conversation in tricky situations, including how to disagree, how to speak to those in authority and people you find difficult
  • Use conversation to form relationships, improve friendships, make a  sale, chat people up, and to learn, influence and persuade

The Art of Conversation will appeal to both individuals who are socially unconfident or sense that they need to improve their conversational skills, as well as business people whose communication skills are holding them back or are looking to brush up for a particular meeting or interview. It will provide readers with the communication skills necessary to confidently build alliances, create strong relationships with staff, bosses, clients and others, succeed at interviews, and motivate and inspire.

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