<ul><li>Is there a charitable cause you support?</li><li>I’m a bit nervous about the _____. Have you ever done it before? </li><li>What has been the best thing about working here?</li><li>Have you learned any insider tips about working here?</li></ul>

Conversation Starters for Work Appropriate Topics

<ul><li>If you had to pick any character in a book, movie, or TV show who is most similar to you, who would you choose? </li><li>When you were growing up, what was your dream job? Is any part of that still true?</li><li>What’s your biggest fear? </li><li>What’s your biggest regret?</li><li>Who is your role model?</li></ul>

Take Your Conversation to a Deeper Level

<ul><li>Tell me about you. </li><li>Working on anything exciting lately?</li><li>What’s your story?</li><li>What personal passion project are you working on right now? </li><li>How do you know the host? </li><li>What was the highlight of your day today? </li><li>What was the highlight of your week? </li><li>Have you been to an event like this before? </li><li>What was the high-point and low-point of your day so far? </li><li>Has this been a busy time for you? </li><li> How’s that drink / appetizer / artwork / game? </li><li>Having fun? </li></ul>

Conversation Starters for Any Situation

<ul><li>Do you think there are aliens on other planets? </li><li>If you were an animal, what animal would you be? Why? </li><li>When you’re a grown up, what type of house will you live in? </li><li>Who would win in a fight, a robot or a dinosaur? </li></ul>

Conversation Starters for Kids

<ul><li>What was your worst fashion disaster? Everyone has a few outfits from their past that seemed like a good idea at the time. T</li><li>What’s the most embarrassing thing you did at school / when you were a kid?</li><li>If you had a reality TV show about your life, what would your theme song be? </li><li>What’s your plan if there was a zombie apocalypse? </li></ul>

Funny Conversation Starters

<ul><li> What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekends?</li><li>What are your favorite restaurants around here? I </li><li>Keeping up with __sport / tv show / news__ recently?</li><li>Can you recommend any unique cocktails / appetizers / desserts here? </li><li>All the food looks so good… I’m not sure what to get! What are you thinking? Or what have you tried? </li><li>What a beautiful / cool / ugly / bizarre venue.</li><li>Did you see that viral ____ YouTube video? It was all over my social media today. </li><li>I’m making a coffee / going to grab a drink, does anyone else want one? </li></ul>

Keep the Conversation Going

<ul><li>You have a ___? Me too! Tell me more. </li><li>Hey – you’re a _______? That sounds really interesting. What’s your favorite thing about your job?</li><li>Sorry if this is a bit forward, but I’m going to try out that new _____ that opens downtown next week–would you like to come? </li><li>Hey, how is your week / weekend going?</li></ul>

Tinder, Bumble, and Other Dating Conversation Starters

<ul><li>January: What’s your New Year’s Resolution?</li><li>February: Do you usually celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do you think it is a real or fake holiday?</li><li>March: “I went to the coolest Irish bar last St. Patrick’s Day. Doing anything fun this year for it?”</li><li>April: How long did you believe in the Easter Bunny?</li><li>July: What’s the best fireworks display you’ve seen on the 4th of July?</li><li>October: What’s the best Halloween costume you ever had? Or Do you like haunted houses or scary rides?</li><li>November: What’s your favorite Thanksgiving Dinner food?</li><li>December: How does your family celebrate the holidays?</li></ul>

Calendar-Specific Conversation Starters

<ul><li>What job did you want to do when you were a kid? </li><li>If you had to pick one–skydiving, bungee jumping, or scuba diving–which would you do? </li><li>What’s the most important thing I should know about you?</li><li>When you were a kid, what did you think your life would look like now? </li><li>Which of your family members are you most like?</li></ul>

Conversation Starters for a First Date

<ul><li>To the birthday person: “What was the highlight of your last year?” Or, “What do you want to achieve for next year?”</li><li>To fellow celebrators: “How do you usually celebrate your birthday?” Or, “What was the best birthday you ever had?”</li><li>To everyone else: “What was the best (or worst) birthday gift you ever received?” This is a great one to do around a dinner table. The answers are always hilarious.</li></ul>

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