Entertaining is more than setting the table and cooking a meal. It's also about making guests feel comfortable—and that can mean helping the convo flow. In fact, a few reliable conversation starters ...

Conversation lulls are natural and happen more frequently than we might realize. Keeping a conversation going can be tricky. Having a few prompts up your sleeve can help you keep things fresh and ...

You can be the most outgoing person in the world and there can still be times when starting a conversation with someone new feels overwhelming. What do you say at a networking event or on a first date ...

There’s never a reason to run out of conversation topics. The news, the weather and whatever other people are doing could be talked about at length, in most scenarios. Those topics, however, are dull.

The Fort Collins Coloradoan's new opinion forum, Coloradoan Conversations, is driven by you. Each week, we'll publish two "conversation starters" to get things going, and we hope you'll help out with ...