Small talk with gossipers would be making insignificant conversation with someone or a group who mostly likes to share tidbits about the people they know or hear about. This information is often slanderous and unnecessary to spread, and the small talk would be minute passings of the information. Small talk would be just filler conversation […]

Awkward silences are in the opinion of the person. You are not sure if the other person finds it awkward. It really means that neither party had anything to say for a brief moment. I believe it is a lack of confidence in one’s self. It’s important to beat awkward silences because they serve as […]

Small talk to me is talking about something other than the business or transaction at hand. This may include asking about the weather, local events, the news, family or anything else that most people may have in common. Small talk allows for a more personal connection with the customer and may be completely optional or […]

I think that small talk in this context is really just another way to get information. This type of expert can read a lot more into small talk than you or I do. In this situation, I don’t think any talk is really small talk. Jay Leno is good at this because he can interview […]

Small talk means discovering unknown information that you may find to be useful financially, discovering the person you are small talking to is related or know someone whom you are acquainted, and discovering a stranger is of importance and you or a family member may benefit from their friendship. I believe that it changes people’s […]

Small talk is all about general every day things that most people could participate in. Most conversations required that you be able to talk to people in a crowd that you don’t know much about. These conversations would be something you would use to fill time or start a more general conversation getting to know […]