Small Talk
Conversations
What's your perspective?
Getting to know you, getting to know me
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Holiday edition
Holiday edition
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Small talk is a polite conversation about important or unimportant things?
What is UNIMPORTANT
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Why do we ask questions in conversations?
It helps show the other person you are interested. It engages the other person.
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What you a perspective?
Our own thoughts and feelings on a situation.
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Michael shared that he has been living in a different state recently. Name that state.
This participant is a Taylor Swift fan.
What is Connecticut?
Who is Javy?
100
True or False: Hanukkah is spelled 16 different ways in the English language!
True: "Hanukkah" and "Chanukah" are the top two most-used spellings, respectively, but there are actually 14 more spellings to choose from!
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Give an example of a place you would make small talk
What is
-waiting in line
-start of a group
-during an activity
-with a colleague at work
-when you are trying to get comfortable with someone
-other examples?
200
When we trade information, we first ask a question. What is the second step?
What is answering our own question?
For extra points, demonstrate this with another participant!
200
Give us your first impression. But remember, the language you may use in your head may not be the language you used when explaining to a group of people :)
200
Last week, one member of our group shared that he or she is interested in nutrition and mindfulness, both very positive ways to help regulate our emotions!
This participant has a dog that he has shown on camera. For bonus points, name his dog.
Who is KASEAN!
Who is TJ? Who is Chloe?
200
Beginning December 26 and lasting for seven days, what holiday is a celebration of community, family and culture?
What is Kwanza?
300
Why is a coffee shop a good place to make small talk?
Because the employee is paid to be nice so we do not have to be concerned about their response!
300
What is a Story Toolbox?
Something you can easily recall and you don’t need to think much about when your feelings are taking over your brain
When we tell a story a few times, we often tell it with more emotion as we observe more reactions
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Explain why a first impression is important.
It is someone's first perspective of us.
300
Who shared that they enjoy sports drink, especially gatorade?
This participant enjoys Cheeze-its during social skills - and often some of us are jealous :P
Who is Bryant?
Who is Julia?
300
How many packages does USPS deliver during the holidays?
USPS mail carriers delivered more than 28 million packages every day between Dec. 16 and 21, 2019, and averaged 20.5 million packages per day through the remainder of the year.
400
When making small talk, we should remember that our responses should be less than how many seconds?
What is 5
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How would you respond to this conversation starter:
"XX is arguing at home and I can't take listening to it."
Answers vary
400
The ability to share someone else's feelings is called what? (Hint: E------)
What is empathy?
400
This person has shared that their favorite object at home is their (somewhat new) IPAD.
This participant has shared that he wants to work in a grocery store one day. But we all know his dream job would be a news anchor.
Who is Amanda?
Who is Axel?
400
True or False: The dreidel was originally used as a decoy gambling game.
True: Reading the Torah was illegal at one time. If a soldier passed by, Jewish people would pull out a dreidel and pretend to be gambling instead.
500
Engage one other participant in a 2 exchange small talk conversaion
INCREDIBLE JOB!
500
How would you respond to this conversation starter:
"You won't believe the kind of day I am having!"
Answer's vary
500
What is perspective taking? Is it easy or difficult to understand another person's perspective? Share why you think this.
Perspective taking is our ability to look at a situation from the perspective of someone else.
500
Last week, we saw a picture of this person as a young child.
This participant wants to be a famous swimmer one day.
Who is Amelia?
Who is Casey?
500
What two things made red and green popular Christmas colors?
Jingle Bells was originally written for what holiday?
Holly and Coca-Cola!
While the tradition of red and green holly dates back to Roman winter solstice celebrations, the Coca-Cola company also played a role. The soda makers popularized the plump and jolly red-suit-wearing Santa in an ad in 1931
What is Thanksgiving?