The Fine Art of Small Talk
Conversational Skills * Small Talk Tips * Mingling * Business Networking Skills

Do you dread networking events, meeting new people, hospitality suites and business related social events?

Does attending another open house make you want to run inside your own and lock the door? These occasions represent opportunities to develop relationships and broaden networks. Once you master The Fine Art of Small Talk every conversation will become an opportunity for success. Learn about Debra Fine’s customized motivational keynote presentations that teach conversation skills and networking techniques, workshops that cover everything from icebreakers and listening skills to remembering names and exit lines. Discover her bestselling book “The Fine Art of Small Talk” (Hyperion 2005).

"Our group of 500 participants thought you were wonderful. They loved the topic and your wonderfully energetic and amusing delivery. Many people told me we should have given you twice as much time. In the eight years that we have sponsored this conference you have proved to be our most popular luncheon speaker. The response was simply overwhelming."

Melodye A. Turek
Executive Director, Colorado Safety Association

"Every Conversation Is An Opportunity For Success"
__________________- Debra Fine

A Colorado Motivational Speaker and Author with 10 Years of Keynote Speaking and Training Experience

Debra Fine is a former engineer who developed her keynote presentation and workshop The Fine Art of Small Talk to teach conversation skills and techniques for use at networking events, job fairs, conventions and conferences, and with clients, customers and patients at meetings, banquets and other business functions. Debra is a nationally recognized expert on communication skills, presenting motivational keynotes, training programs, seminars and workshops for organizations that include First Data Corporation, Vail Associates, Lockheed Martin, The United States Treasury Department, and the University Of Chicago Graduate School of Business along with hundreds of insurance, real estate, legal, financial and health care associations. View a list of the many clients that gained everything from icebreakers to exit lines here. Debra's home is in Denver, Colorado so search no further for a Colorado speaker! Her programs are rated the "Best in Colorado" and she was recently described in The Denver Post as being "A mixture of stand-up comic, therapist and teacher. "
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Turn Every Conversation into an Opportunity for Success

During Debra's fast-paced, interactive, entertaining and motivating keynotes, seminars and workshops, audience members learn how to:

Start a conversation and keep it going

Use icebreakers that work every time

Avoid conversation "killers" and “foot in mouth” disease

Revive a dying conversation

Develop business relationships and social friendships

Approach social functions with confidence and savvy

Become "active" listeners

Mingle with confidence

Improve rapport building skills

Make sure your body language is inviting and natural

Overcome communication barriers

Make the most of networking opportunities

Handle awkward social situations

Exit conversations with grace

Turn every conversation into an opportunity for success

Feel more at ease at parties, networking events, meetings, receptions, and interviews

Come across as composed and self-assured when talking to people or entertaining
clients at conventions, trade shows and other work related functions


Customized Motivational Keynotes, Seminars & Workshops for Every Event

Presentations are tailored to your specific industry, organization or event.  Workshops, seminars and keynote speeches are a specialty for individual corporations, associations, conventions, spousal programs, clubs or special meetings. Training and workshop packages will be tailored for any size group. Debra presents "The Fine Art of Small Talk"  both internationally and nationally and especially enjoys speaking in the beautiful state of Colorado-her own backyard.
Book Debra to speak at your next meeting or event!

Debra is a member of the Colorado Chapter of the National Speakers Association along with the National Speakers Association. She is a 12 year member of the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast and devotes much of her volunteer time to Rotary sponsored activities.

The Fine Art Of Small Talk

Look for Debra's book "The Fine Art of Small Talk" to be published soon in the United Kingdom by:
Piatkus Books
5 Windmill Street
London, W1T2JA

What's New?



Debra on the Early Show
October 6, 2005
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Debra's visit to the Today Show!
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"The Fine Art of Small Talk" in USA Today
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Debra interviewed Motley Fool on NPR?
That's big talk!


Listen to Debra reveal "Small Talk Secrets" on NPR Morning Edition!
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Hear Debra's interview on Voice America's  
"Women on the Move"

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Debra Fine presents "The Fine Art of Small Talk" for corporations, organizations and associations both across the country and internationally. Debra is a Denver, Colorado motivational speaker and trainer. Search no further for a Denver speaker or Rocky Mountain Keynote Speaker. Her keynote speeches and interactive workshops cover conversational skills and networking techniques and small talk tips that include icebreakers, listening skills ,exit lines and even remembering names..

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