The craft of a good conversation.
Omet is live one-on-one video chat built around the conversation rather than the next match. These are short, practical pieces on the part of a call that matters most: asking, answering, and showing up well on camera.
Open vs closed questions: why "where are you from?" ends so many conversations
The problem was never the topic. It was the shape of the question.
A closed question can be answered in one word, and on a video call that is where conversations die. How to hear the difference and rewrite the question.
Read →How to ask a follow-up question, the skill that keeps a conversation going
Your second question matters more than your first.
Most conversations do not stall for lack of topics. They stall because nobody picked up the thread. Four kinds of follow-up question and when to use each one.
Read →How to give answers that keep a conversation going
A one-word answer hands the whole job back to the other person.
Being asked a good question is only half a conversation. How to answer so the other person has something to reply to: the detail, the hook and the handback.
Read →How to look and sound better on a phone video call, in two minutes
Nobody needs a ring light. They need a window in the right place.
Light in front of you, the lens at eye level, the phone propped up and your voice close to the microphone. A two-minute routine for any phone video call.
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