Recall a social or work-related situation when you felt conversationally challenged. Describe how you could have used the guidelines in this chapter to engage more competently.

a. If appropriate, describe how you could have (re)introduced yourself.

b. Devise open-ended questions that you could have asked to draw out your conversational partner.

c. Describe a personal question you might have been

(or were) asked, and construct an answer that is focused, brief, appropriate, and interesting.