Conversation Starters Quotes

“Adverts •   Which celebrity would you use to advertise a campaign to bring back the use of typewriters? •   If you had to advertise a new type of denim jeans only via the medium of the radio, how would you do it? •   How could you entice people over the age of seventy to join the smartphone revolution? •   How would you advertise a “manly” form of dental floss to males in their twenties? •   How could slippers”
― Kim Chamberlain, Conversation Starters: 1,000 Creative Ways to Talk to Anyone about Anything

“Write a haiku of your problem Can you express your problem in a different and creative way, for example, with a poem? Writing poetry engages a creative part of the brain and can help you think about the issue differently. A haiku is a short seventeen syllable poem. It consists of three lines, where the first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the third has five. For example, if your issue was, “I don’t like working long hours,” you may express this in a haiku as: Monday to Friday Too many working hours”
― Kim Chamberlain, Conversation Starters: 1,000 Creative Ways to Talk to Anyone about Anything

“The nature of the topic. Some topics lend themselves to being light hearted, for example, “Can you think up three new and unusual flavors of potato chips” or “Life would be fun if you and I had the powers of a superhero, right?” Some, however, may have the potential to bring out more serious issues, for example, “If there could be only one religion in the world, which would it have to be and why?” or “Do you believe it when people say they are not racist?”
― Kim Chamberlain, Conversation Starters: 1,000 Creative Ways to Talk to Anyone about Anything

“Write a haiku of your problem Can you express your problem in a different and creative way, for example, with a poem? Writing poetry engages a creative part of the brain and can help you think about the issue differently. A haiku is a short seventeen syllable poem. It consists of three lines, where the first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the third has five. For example, if your issue was, “I don’t like working long hours,” you may express this in a haiku as: Monday to Friday Too many working hours My kids losing out Write”
― Kim Chamberlain, Conversation Starters: 1,000 Creative Ways to Talk to Anyone about Anything