Chris Fenning explains how to start a work conversation: tell people upfront how many topics you plan to cover. This lets them manage their time and attention, and gives the conversation clear structure.
How to start a work conversation, tip number 4: say how many topics you have. When you start a conversation, you know how many things you want to talk about. It could be 1, 2, 5, however many. But your audience doesn't know. They might think you've only got one thing to talk about. Now, if you don't say how many topics you have, there are a few problems this can cause. 1: your audience might want to leave after the first topic, and you still have 2 more things that you want to talk to them about. 2, they might mentally check out of the conversation because they were only prepared to talk about one topic. 3, they might only have time to talk about one topic. And if you don't tell them there's more, they don't have an opportunity to let you know, I'm sorry, I've only got time to talk about one thing, which is the most important. So when you're starting, how do you make this clear? How do you make it clear how many topics you have? It's simple. Just say, hey, Emma, I've got 3 things I'd like to talk to you about. By naming and stating the number of topics you have right up front, you help the audience understand what the conversation is going to include, and you set it up to have 3 separate parts. They're much better prepared to listen to what you have to say.
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