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	January 18, 2008

Friday Flashback -- Ten Steps to Great Conversations -- and a Week's Hiatus This week's Friday Flashback is from September 2006: Ten ways to make your conversations more effective, enjoyable, and valuable for all. Summary: The reasons we converse: to remember, reassure, educate, conceptualize, prompt action, convince, assist, think through, entertain, and socialize. The ten steps to great conversations: Prepare, set the stage, listen (with your whole body), collaborate (yes...and), think through your response, listen to yourself, learn to speak well and facilitate well, resummarize often, think what could have been better, and use simple conversation protocols. And practice, practice, practice. Artwork "In Deep Conversation" by Irish artist Pam O'Connell PS: I'm going to be away from technology, and this blog, for a week. Just a vacation. See you all again on the 28th! 1:51:26 PM  trackback []  comment []

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