The Art of Talking to Anyone: Mastering the Essential People Skills for Success in Any Situation

by Rosalie Maggio

Overview

From the author of How to Say It, the million-copies-sold bestseller

If you want to improve your conversational skills--and achieve greater levels of personal and professional success--The Art of Talking to Anyone is the ultimate book. Rosalie Maggio has built a career on teaching people how to say the right thing at the right time--and she's made her techniques available to you.

This essential communication handbook includes:

• Sample dialogues, topics, and responses
• Quick-reference dos and don'ts
• Tips for handling special situations
• Confidence-building advice and quotations
• Key words that get to the business at hand

Whether it's small talk or big, social or work-related, The Art of Talking to Anyone gives you all the tools you need to speak up with confidence, to charm and persuade, and to talk your way through any situation--successfully.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071452298
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/09/2005
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	507,995
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rosalie Maggio is the author of nineteen books, including the million-copy bestseller How to Say It: Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation; Great Letters for Every Situation; and The How to Say It Style Guide.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part One The Basics
Chapter 1 How to Succeed in Any Conversation: From Start to Finish
Chapter 2 How to Be Universally Liked
Chapter 3 How to Listen Successfully
Chapter 4 How to Keep a Conversation Going—or Stop One
Chapter 5 How to Ask and Answer Questions
Chapter 6 How and When to Tell Jokes
Chapter 7 How to Deal With Conversational Predicaments
Chapter 8 How to Be an Unpopular Conversationalist
Part Two The Specifics
Chapter 9 Talking With Anyone in the Workplace
Chapter 10 Talking With Anyone at Meetings and Conferences
Chapter 11 Talking With Anyone at Business-Social Events
Chapter 12 Talking With Anyone at Social Events
Chapter 13 Talking With Anyone in Public Places
Chapter 14 Talking With Anyone on the Telephone
Chapter 15 Talking With Anyone in Times of Trouble
Chapter 16 Talking With Family and Friends
Chapter 17 Talking With Romance in Mind
Index
About the Author