Fine Art of Small Talk ─ How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills--and Leave a Positive Impression!

A renowned communications expert shares tips, techniques, and strategies to help anyone develop the fine art of conversation in any type of social situation, from a business lunch to cocktail party, with advice on how to start a conversation, prevent awkward silences, adopt listening skills, and use a conversation to promote one's own personal or professional success. 35,000 first printing.

Former engineer Debra Fine was a wallflower if there ever was one. But when she found herself a single mom and divorcee at 40, who had watched her more affable colleague get promoted around her, she decided she needed to step up her conversational skills. And in doing so developed a system she now teaches to countless others. Debra has become a nationally recognized expert on communication skills, presenting keynotes, training sessions and workshops for numerous corporations and organizations along with hundreds of insurance, real estate, legal, financial, and health care associations.