{"content":[{"text":"1. Have approachable body language: open stance, eye contact, \n and smile. Casual eye contact and a warm friendly smile \n demonstrate your interest and desire to communicate. \n 2. Take the initiative and be the first to say hello. Be the first to \n introduce yourself and ask an open-ended question. This not only \n demonstrates confidence and shows interest in the other person, \n but it gives you an opportunity to guide the conversation. \n 3. Begin with statements or questions about the immediate \n environment, situation, weather, how the person arrived at your \n location, et cetera. A compliment is also a great way to start a \n conversation. \n 4. Be well-informed and prepared. Read newspapers and news \n magazines to be knowledgeable about what is going on in the \n world. Go prepared with topics or experiences to discuss that you \n think will be of interest to the persons you will be meeting. \n 5. Focus on the other person and less on yourself. This will help \n you feel less self-conscious, and make the other person feel \n important. \n 6. Do listen. Control internal and external distractions. Be present; \n watch the tendency to daydream. Truly listening to another \n person is the highest compliment you can pay them. \n 7. Keep the tone light and positive until you find a topic in \n which you are both interested. \n 8. Discuss general-interest subjects such as movies, theater, \n sports, books, movies, food, travel and hobbies. It demonstrates \n to others that you are approachable and friendly. \n 9. Think before you speak. It makes you appear thoughtful; and it \n may help you avoid a faux pas, or saying something that is better \n left unsaid. \n 10. Always close a conversation before walking away from the \n other person by using a graceful exit line; don’t simply melt \n from conversations. “It’s been great talking with you. I really \n enjoyed hearing about…”","bbox":{"left":0.116773,"top":0.086339,"width":0.7563219999999999,"height":0.742605}},{"text":"!","bbox":{"left":0.120807,"top":0.845523,"width":0.007386000000000004,"height":0.028182999999999958}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}