KEEPING A CONVERSATION GOING

The best conversation openers are those which open up a flow of information. They should not be too open that people don’t know how to reply: eg “How’s things?”; not too difficult for an easy reply: eg “What are you hoping to gain from this course, then?”. If someone is willing to keep a conversation going with you, you’ll get some free information from them that you should pick up on. For example,

You: “I see from your name tag that you work for a charity. Are you based here?”

Them: “No, I’m...