What to say when it matters most.
The words to start a great conversation, the phrases to stop saying, and how to recover when one goes sideways.
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Three parts. One real conversation.
Questions that make people want to keep talking to you
For the first two minutes with anyone, for work, for networking, and for the people you already know. Each one comes with its WHY and its HOW, so you can go three levels deep.
Phrases to stop saying, and what to say instead
The fillers, the interruptions, the phrases that quietly close a conversation. Once they’re on paper, you’ll hear them the next time you say them.
Ways to come back when it goes sideways
You said the wrong thing. You interrupted. You checked your phone. Here’s how to make it right in simple terms: be honest, and take ownership.
“The most interesting people are the ones who don’t make it about themselves.”Renée MarinoKeynote Speaker · Connection Expert · Best-Selling Author
A Broadway star turned master communicator.
Renée Marino spent years on Broadway and in Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys. Today she keynotes for audiences from Madison Square Garden to Fortune 500 teams, teaching the one thing AI will never replace: human connection.
This guide is the part of her method she gets asked about most: how to start a conversation that actually goes somewhere.
