Sometimes you’d almost rather sit in silence than make mindless small talk. Sometimes you just crave a proper, meaningful conversation, you want something with a little more depth and a tad more meaning. Sometimes you just want to know a little bit more about people. and want them to know a little more about you. There are times when you require a little more from your interpersonal connections than Instagram or Facebook can provide. Enter Kalina Silverman, an American Research Scholar reinventing small talk and transforming it into BIG TALK. I was first introduced to Kalina’s “Big Talk‘ concept in one of those inevitable small talk situations… a group outing. Not just any group outing, an outing full of people I didn’t know. Midst all the small talk and bog standard get-to-know-you chit chat, one of my new acquaintances dropped a bombshell …  she’d come armed with great conversation starters and was willing to use them … “If you knew you were going to die on Monday, what would you do tomorrow” a far better conversation than where do you work and a much more interesting way to learn about someone. She’d discovered BIG Talk while watching Ted Talks on YouTube, and had taken […]
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