How did you, do you, develop your conversation skills?

Question

particularly on the phone

Answer 1

I took a lot of communication classes. I also try to listen more and really pay attention to what the person is saying. I try to also listen to my heart and feelings more and try to communicate that. It helps when you speak from the heart. Try it.

Answer 2

I may sound crazy but I have rehearsed conversations even pretending what the other person might say.
Have a list of topics written on a piece of paper before you call. If the conversation lags, just glance at your paper. Make sure the list is about something you are familiar so you can talk about it.
Join the debate club at school. It will help you talk in front of a group.

Answer 3

I am still working on my conversation skills. I work on my telephoning skills by pretending I am on the phone with someone (with a few other people in the room) to monitor and grade what I am doing, and someone pretending to be the other person on the line. If it is just a phone message, I still have a few people monitoring me, and grading me until I get it right.

Answer 4

I always made it a point to talk to whoever answered the phone regardless of if it was or was not the person i inteded to call. Just practice. . . i know find my best conversation skills are over the phone

Answer 5

Practice, plain and simple. I'm not nuts about talking on the phone, but it's not that different from being there in person. Say hi, ask how your friend is doing, throw in questions about their work or studies or family members, or comment on your own life. The rest will flow, and the more you do it, the more natural it becomes.

Answer 6

Just remember people are just people. Getting nervous only makes it harder. They are no better than you. Practice your phone skills by calling a business and just ask them a common question about their product or services.

Answer 7

I've worked in convience stores for most of my life, and until then, I was pretty shy, lol. I lost my shyness inside of my first year. I loved all my years (10 of them) spent behind the counter because clerks become customers friends, navigators (where do YOU stop to ask for directions?) their phsycologists(people will tell a perfect stranger their innermost secrets sometimes before they tell their best friends) and let me tell you, it also improved my memory. You learn to anticipate what certain people want because that is what they usually get.

Answer 8

practice... talk to a lot of different people to prepare yourself for different situations.. Try starting conversation with a person you dont know.... that is the hardest. from there things can only get easiear.

Answer 9

I learnt mine in the classroom as a teacher. But I had to trip over my tongue a few times before it began happening.

Answer 10

well you usually start off with "how are you doing today?" or "what did you do today?" just start off the conversation about them. but if it is a guy that you like then i can't help cause i suck at talking to guys.