The Peer Collective
Successful Conversations
“I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.”
– Kim Smith
Your Communication
There are many different reasons to have conversations with others: to meet someone new, resolve a conflict, get to know someone better, provide someone support, and get support from someone, among others.
One way to increase your social supports is to have successful conversations with others. Having successful conversations usually begins with good communication.
Being a good communicator or conversationalist takes time and practice. A starting place is to learn some communication skills, which may also help you build relationships, have successful conversations, and help you key into contextual or situational cues.
Content Areas:
Skills for Relationship Building
It’s important to consider your communication style and strategies for building relationships.
It takes more than just communication to build relationships. Relationships are often built on shared interests.
Asking questions can help you uncover shared interests or things you have in common with others. Exploring shared interests and asking good questions starts with a first impression.
Content Areas:
Understanding Social Context
Building relationships as an adult can be challenging. Meeting new people may make you anxious or uncomfortable. That’s okay!
It’s natural to feel uncomfortable when meeting new people, but remember, the other person probably feels awkward, too.
Meeting new people is the first step in building and forming relationships with others.