Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness, Updated 2021 Edition - Softcover

Caporaletti, Amanda Goodwin; Garner, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565656296 ISBN 13: 9781565656291

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 1997

Synopsis

*ALMOST 1 MILLION SOLD!* Conversationally Speaking has become the most popular book in the world teaching conversation skills.  Millions of people have used it to learn the secrets of effective communication. This revised edition provides more ways to improve your conversation skills by giving you strategies that work for starting conversations, asking questions that promote interaction, interesting people in what you have to say, listening so that others will be encouraged to talk, avoiding rejection-producing behavior, handling criticism constructively, and more.

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Everybody thinks that some people are born with the "gift of gab" and some people aren't. But the truth is there is no "gift of gab." People who are good at conversation just know a few simple skills that anyone can learn.  This book will teach you those skills.

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Chapter 12 uniquely summarizes in 25 pages the life's work of famed psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis on overcoming shyness and becoming more confident- and does it so well it received praise from Dr. Ellis himself!

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Find out why Toastmaster Magazine calls Conversationally Speaking "the classic how-to book in social communication" and why Dr. Aaron Beck, whose work has had a major influence on thousands of psychologists, calls it "of great value for people who want to sharpen their skills in interpersonal relations."  Click on the "Look Inside" feature above the cover picture and sample the book.                           

About this title

About the Author

Alan Garner, MA, is a nationally known communications consultant and a longtime teacher. He has taught hundreds of Conversationally Speaking workshops and over 5 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. This book teaches simple skills for doing well socially in everyday language, which is why it has been popular in its various editions for 37 years and has sold almost 1 million copies.

From the Back Cover

Drawing on hundreds of research studies as well as on his own experience teaching thousands of people in conversation workshops, Alan Garner, MA, has produced a practical, concise, and valuable book.

Alan Garner, M.A., is a nationally-known relationship-skills trainer and longtime teacher. His new autobiography (written under the pen name Scott Curtis), is How I Moved to Thailand, Found Love, Built a Mansion, Live Like a King on a Pension - Plus How You Can Too!!!

From the Inside Flap

Most people think that some of us are born with the "gift of gab" and some of us aren't. But the truth is that there is no "gift of gab." People who are good at conversation just know a few simple skills that anyone can learn.

These skills are like tools. Imagine trying to hammer a nail-- with a screwdriver. Or cut wood-- with a shovel. Very difficult. It would take you five times as long, and you'd still end up doing a bad job. A screwdriver and a shovel simply aren't the right tools. But, with the right tools-- a hammer and a saw-- you could do these jobs well and with very little effort.

The same is true for conversational tools and skills. You do the best with what skills you have, but the skills you have often aren't right for the job. Consequently, you don't do nearly as well socially as you might.

Conversationally Speaking is designed to teach you these skills.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565656296
• ISBN 13: 9781565656291
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224