Being a Good Conversationalist

• Make connections from one subject to another. use the psychological technique of free association: What does one subject make you think of? For example, if you start with the conspiracy theory of Princess Diana's death, then you can connect this to the movie Conspiracy Theory -- with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, and from there talk about other Mel Gibson movies you enjoyed, such as Mad Max and how many sequels you've seen.
  
  
• Keep yourself as informed and diverse as possible. Keep track of the news so you can talk intelligently about major developments in politics (wars in other parts of the world), economics (drops or rises in the stock market), sports (what season it is for which sport, major players (such as Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan), and entertainment (current movie releases, plays, concerts).
  
  
• Be surprising. Out of the blue you can interject into the conversation, "Oh, the Czechoslovakian President said in a news conference this afternoon that a poor Russia is better than a rich Soviet Union."

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