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Great conversation starters for folk you've no idea how to speak to

Talking to people you don’t know can be tricky. And talking to people you know and have nothing in common with can also be tricky. And yet we’ve all been there, sitting beside somebody and thinking “I just have no idea what to say to you.”

Here are 5 tips to manage that situation and turn your frustration into fun and maybe even end up having a pretty great chat and getting to know that person on a different level rather than talking about the weather.

Here are the tips:

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communication strategy, effective public speaking skills, public speaking coach online, public speaking anxiety Mica Allan communication strategy, effective public speaking skills, public speaking coach online, public speaking anxiety Mica Allan

Diving into the deep end of meetings and how to keep your cool

That meeting. You know. The tricky one. Here's how to manage that. With some tips taken from swimming in cold water….

A few times a week I go to a local outdoor pool. They say it’s heated and I think it was probably was - shortly after the last Ice Age.

And so getting in the pool as you can imagine is quite the experience.

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