Talking to Strangers: Having a Meaningful Conversation | Georgie Nightingall | TEDxGoodenoughCollege

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Published 2018-08-29

Struggling with small talk is a familiar feeling for most of us. With her talk Georgie Nightingall, founder of Trigger Converstaions, wishes to help people have more meaningful and stimulating conversations with stangers as part of our everyday lives Georgie is addicted to deep conversations, authentic connection and learning ideally all at once. Bored and frustrated with small talk as a Project Manager, she founded Trigger Conversations in 2016, which offers experiences and training to help people have more meaningful and stimulating conversations as part of their everyday lives. To date, Trigger has run 40 events, brought together 1000 humans to have 3600+ meaningful conversations.

Every relationship starts with a conversation and Georgie is fascinated with how we can engineer real conversations that allow you to express your whole self, feel truly nourished, connected and provoke new discovery about yourself, others and the world.

An intellectual enthusiast with a passion for understanding human behaviour, she has degrees in Philosophy, Applied Psychology and Linguistics and has undertaken extensive learning in the emotional intelligence field. She loves to ask questions, be a beginner and read across a number of disciplines. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

All Comments (21)

@Sofia-bl9cb 3 years ago

1) be the lighthouse -> maintain positive emotions so that people will be drawn to you (smile, eye contact) -how do i want people to feel? --> set an intention 2) be curious (notice, wonder, ask questions) 3) listen (for real) 4) ask great questions (discover patterns) 5) share the real you (express your real emotions in the moment) this was so interesting and helpful! thank you.
@lindaaspey 5 years ago

Great talk, wonderful messages. If we all had more meaningful conversations we’d feel so much more connected as a society.
@wedseries_123 1 month ago

Thank you 😊
@fedegoeswoods3142 4 years ago

Very good talk, thanks. my biggest problem in having a conversation with strangers is i'm too slow: too slow to realize interesting things to talk about, too slow to realize i should ask more about something that is very interesting to me... Having better conversations would for sure help us more feeling less lonely.
@laurennemarieangel2332 2 years ago

Great insights. I can feel that statement "I was surrounded by people and yet felt disconnected and alone"
@blaiselevine1959 5 years ago

Really thought-provoking talk, delivered so eloquently.
@takeuchi5760 6 months ago

This is one of the most helpful videos I've watched on communication. I can just tell these are the core principles of good conversation from observing people I know are good at it. I'm just gonna focus on these for a good while.
@ague6904 5 years ago

Yesterday I was thinking about this, and this helped me clear my mind and set the goal of having more interesting and meaningful conversations, or at least trying to
@paulgardner6239 2 years ago

Georgie thank you for a great talk. I hope you're having a great day today. Please continue to pass on your message of conversation. I am an English man living in the Southern part of the USA and in 2021 the world is crumbling because we don't talk and listen enough to strangers.
@catpattinghouse 2 years ago

My goal this year is to be more authentic, so I google "how to have authentic conversation, then I found this Ted Talk. Thanks, I felt quite inspired by the sharing.
@myrnavides4640 1 year ago

I love it!!! Im so glad I found this video!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@sallee4723 5 years ago

Great job Georgie 💜
@rebeccaelliott9770 5 years ago

Such a great talk. Lots of words of wisdom to take away.
@jpmcmullan8666 2 years ago

“How could anyone be bored in a world where there’s so much to contemplate wonder and be interested in” -Neil Peart
@zofiago6767 4 years ago

It starts at 6:00 :)
@user-oq2fm9xm3g 2 years ago

Those are some really good tips ! I'm not a fan of her style of talking, but the information is helpful.
@missprosper9791 4 years ago

This is very helpful!
@oliverford5367 3 years ago

She reminds me of Bridget Jones!
@midniight 4 years ago

Instructions unclear.... I'm now typing this from inside jail.
@eeriehalls1924 4 years ago

Bitches always wanna talk to me but IDGAF much so I gotta learn how to talk . That's y I'm here.