Conversation Starters: The location or the venue

If you are not a natural at making conversation, then thinking of conversation topics when first start talking to someone can make you nervous. While it is good to find other topics (more interesting) topics of conversation to move on to having good small talk topics up your sleeve will help break the ice and help you find those more interesting topics of conversation. It will also help relieve some of the anxiety of walking into an unknown environment and meeting new people.

At an event or conference an easy conversation starter is to discuss your surroundings and how you got there/where you have travelled from.

• Are you in a beautiful hotel, home, or conference area?
• Is the town or location noteworthy?
• Did you recently visit somewhere interesting nearby?
• Do you know an interesting fact about your location?
• Have you travelled far to get to the location?

Further Reading:

• Conversation Starters
• What questions should I ask when networking?
• Why is Active Listening So Important and how to be better?