# 10 ways to have a better conversation

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxCreativeCoast
- Speaker: Celeste Headlee
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."

## Lectures

1. [10 ways to have a better conversation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation/2421eaef27c5), 12 min (TED's player)