Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Along the same lines, I've found myself entranced by how Terry Gross on Fresh Air (NPR) manages to make conversation with her guests, delving, delving, delving and I have to say I've learned quite a lot about conversing by listening to her. She has the ability of not being 'wowed' by a response and just keeps asking questions. A good lesson...for me anyway. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] interacting with strangers -- a very important element of photography : Just wanted to send a belated thanks to Kyle for recommending this book. I : bought it from Amazon and find its recommendations extremely useful. As Kyle : writes, its primarily aim is business, but since I was laid off in December and : am currently looking around, the schmoozing techniques contained in this book : are very useful to me right now from both points of view. : : Highly recommended. : : Nathan : : kyle cassidy wrote: : : > i recommend reading "the vault guide to schmoozing" -- which is about $14 : > from amazon. it's basically a book about how to strike up conversations with : > strangers, largely written for business people, but it all carries over into : > photography. one great suggestion it gives is to always have a followup : > question. you start with "do you come here often" they say "yes" and unless : > you're prepared, the conversation dies there. so you ask "i've never heard : > of any of these beers before, do you know anything about them?" and your : > off. : : -- : Nathan Wajsman : Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland : : e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch : : Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm : General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm : : : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html