The Conversation Handbook is an excellent self help book.  It goes through different techniques and exercises that you can do to help improve conversations and improve social skills.  It allows you be self assess your strengths and weaknesses and how to improve on them.

Furthermore,  it gives some great ideas on conversation starters and how to avoid the awkward silences.  Also, how to improve a boring conversation.  For example, think of sentences and not one concept, fill conversation with emotions and keep the conversation on an interesting top.  By utilizing these tips, you are ensure that the conversation will flow smoothly and have effective communication.

This book has really helped me break the ice in networking events and nightly mixers.  I am so happy I was able to purchase this book at a promotional price in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.  It has been great learning different techniques and skills to improve my overall conversations and social skills.