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Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger
Great conversationalist don't do the majority of the talking. They gently steer the conversation and pay close attention to their partner's verbal and nonverbal clues, but the other person unconsciously winds up doing most of the talking. That's the skill you should strengthen in your chapter. The "hostess" has to be totally engaged in the moment, not thinking about how hot the room is or wondering when she'll be bumped or why her boyfriend didn't call last night. For people who are naturally engaged in the moment, this type of conversation comes easily. But the rest of us can be taught this level of focus.
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I really like the hostess analogy! Our current recruitment chairs received survey results and one of our negative aspects that was mentioned (I don't know how frequently, but nevertheless it was said) was that we talk about ourselves too much. I think girls do that when they get nervous and when they can't come up with more generic questions like major and hometown they freak out. Really though, shouldn't we focus more on expanding more on each question? Ex:
"So what's your major?"
"Psychology."
"Oh that's really awesome I have so many friends who are psych majors! Why'd you choose it?"
Or is it better just to get those questions out of the way asap and move on?
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