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How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication

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Get instantly better at communicating by learning six specific strategies to overcome the trickiest and most common conversational obstacles that people encounter.

Syllabus

  • 01: How to Become Conversationally Aware
  • 02: How the Conversational Floor Works
  • 03: How and When to Be Direct and Indirect
  • 04: How to Navigate Face-Threatening Acts
  • 05: How to Negotiate Professional Relationships
  • 06: How to Maintain Relationships with Talk
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Anne Curzan

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