Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness, Updated 2021 Edition
Caporaletti, Amanda Goodwin; Garner, Alan
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 1997
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- Title
- Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness, Updated 2021 Edition
- Author
- Caporaletti, Amanda Goodwin; Garner, Alan
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1565656296
- ISBN 13
- 9781565656291
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Item weight
- 0.72 pounds
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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. ("Lifeskills for Adult Children," which Garner wrote with co-author Janet Woititz, adapts these skills for Adult Children of Alcoholics).
Carolyn Hax, a columnist for the "Washington Post" whose work appears in 200 newpapers, wrote: "Alan Garner is brilliant at teaching social skills to those who need or want to start at the beginning- who feel they somehow missed out on life classes that everyone else got to attend."
An Amazon reader: When I was a freshman at HSU in 1981 I didn't have a real conversation with anyone for the first six weeks. Nearly a hermit, I finally exchanged a "hello" and a few words with someone and was elated for days.
Knowing I needed lots of help in the conversation department, I looked for a book on how to talk with people. What I found was Alan Garner's first edition of CONVERSATIONALLY SPEAKING. Without a hint of hyperbole I can say that it changed my life. Over a relatively short period I became a highly skilled conversationalist and a highly sought after friend. As a stockbroker I ended up making a career out of the skills I learned in this book. Thank you Alan Garner.
An Amazon review: As someone who is not an efficient communicator, I am slowly learning through this book. It is truly amazing because it is so succinct in its descriptions of techniques. It has helped me become a better conversationalist, and has helped me connect deeper with my closest friends. This guy is a genius, and pretty funny. If you're the type that would need a book about conversations, this is the only one you will need, and I'm not joking.
An Amazon review from a reader:
There is so much good information in this book. It's true that some of it could be considered common sense, but it helped me a great deal to see the advice written concisely with clear examples. I consider myself shy and at times feel socially awkward, especially around people I don't know well. I bought this book specifically to help me interact socially with my coworkers. The techniques definitely worked. For example, there was one coworker I'd invited out a couple times and he'd politely rejected the offers. After reading the chapter about making invitations that are likely to be accepted, I tried asking him again, using the technique from the book, and guess what, he accepted. We are now friends and go out often. I really can't say enough good things about this book. Since reading this book and putting the information to use, I've also gotten a promotion and a raise at work. I can't say that the book is entirely responsible, but there's no question it helped. Try it. Definitely worth the time and money.
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