How To Start A Conversation- 10 good questions you can ask!

Starting a conversation can be easy if you know how. In today’s Periscope and Snapchat, I share several easy to ask open-ended questions that will help you start your next conversation.

Tip: While using this approach, remember to be friendly and smile with your mouth and eyes. Also remember to ask open-ended follow up questions based upon what the other person has said (listen more than you talk) 🙂

Click here to read the complete blog post, “10 Ways to Start a Conversation” at Trial Lawyer Communication Tips for Everyone!

In True Streaming Lawyer Fashion, My Weekly Newsletter Goes 100% Video!

New Video Streaming Lawyer Newsletter

My popular weekly newsletter will still go out each Tuesday at 1pm ET and arrive safely in your email inbox. But, instead sharing 30 years of valuable tips in long written email format, I am now going to give you life-long tips and advice in the form of a short and concise video that you can watch and listen to at your convenience and from your mobile device. And that’s the way it should be. After all, I am the streaming lawyer right!

Why am I doing this? Because I believe people are tired of reading long emails, listening to long podcasts, or having to go to websites and blogs to get content. I share a bit more of my thoughts behind this change while checking the surf from Strands Saturday morning (via Periscope and Snapchat).

Livestreaming and Digital Broadcasting: 37 Expert Predictions for 2016

Streaming Lawyer 2016 Social Media and Live Streaming Predictions

“There’s an electrical thing about movies.” –Oliver Stone

For this simple reason, I believe platforms like Periscope, Huzza, and Facebook Live will continue to increase in popularity at an exponential rate. Having said that, I also believe that our choice of platforms will not be as important as our ability to connect as human beings through the sharing of short, concise and compelling stories. In today’s world, we’re all Oliver Stones creating livestreaming masterpieces in a global 24/7 theater.

And for those of you who just don’t get the importance of livestreaming or think it’s simply a fad, I share with you one of my favorite movie quotes, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” –Rhett Butler/Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind

— Mitch Jackson, Esq.  [click here to read all 37 predictions for 2016]