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Conversation Practice for Small Talk
Generates context-tailored small-talk practice: 8 openers, 8 follow-ups, 3 six-turn mini-dialogues, 5 graceful exits, and do/don't tips, using setting, people, interests, and avoiding sensitive topics.
Prompt Content
Create a small-talk practice set for the context below to help me start, sustain, and exit conversations smoothly.
Context
- Setting: Setting
- People: People
- Interests to weave in when natural:
<interests>
Interests
</interests>
Instructions
1) Output these sections, in order:
a) Openers (8)
b) Follow-up Questions (8)
c) Mini-Dialogues (3)
d) Graceful Exits (5)
e) Do/Don't Tips
2) Requirements for each section:
- Openers: single sentence, 6-12 words, context-specific, no clichés.
- Follow-up Questions: open-ended, 1 sentence, easy to answer, light.
- Mini-Dialogues: 3 dialogues, 6 turns each, label A: and B:, 1-2 short sentences per turn, show listening and gentle bridges to my interests, reflect the setting and people.
- Graceful Exits: 1 sentence each, polite and situational.
- Do/Don't Tips: 3 Dos and 3 Don'ts, concise, context-specific.
3) Constraints
• Tone: friendly, natural, concise.
• Avoid sensitive or intrusive topics (politics, religion, salary, health, controversy).
• No pickup lines, flattery, or jargon.
• Don't assume facts about me beyond my interests.
• Make each item self-contained and usable as-is.
4) Formatting
- Use section labels exactly as above.
- Number items within each section 1-n.
- No extra commentary before or after.
<example>
Mini-Dialogues
1)
A: Hi-mind if I join you?
B: Please do-nice to meet you.
A: I'm Alex. How's your day going?
B: Busy, but good. You?
A: Same-looking forward to the panel later.
B: Me too; it should be interesting.
</example>
Variables
- Setting
- Brief description of the social setting you want to practice in
- Example: After-work networking mixer at a tech conference
- People
- Who you'll be speaking with (roles, relationship, formality)
- Example: Mid-level professionals from various companies I don't know
- Interests
- Your interests to reference naturally (comma-separated)
- Example: hiking, indie films, learning languages, local coffee spots