Make time to TALK!

The TALK Time digital kit includes seven repeatable conversation games you can run in under ten minutes, with no prep and no special training.

Built to energize connections in the classroom, at the dinner table, in conference rooms, and on your executive team, there’s rigorous skill-building hidden beneath the fun.

TALK TIME.

SEVEN REPEATABLE GAMES, INFINITE CONVERSATIONS.

Choose one of seven TALK Time games, pick an opening topic, and get talking. TALK time is easy to start in under 30 seconds and flexible for any group size - so talkers build confidence and skills through repetition and play.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR DIGITAL TALK TIME KIT:

  • One slide for each game (7 games)

  • One poster for each game (7 games)

  • Instructor Booklet with leader scripts, opening topics, game variations, and debrief guides

  • 'We are a TALK [Classroom/Family/Team]’ posters

$40.00

Conversation is a skill, and we're losing reps.

Walk into a classroom right now and you can feel it. Students look at screens instead of at each other. Even when schools remove phones from the school day, the talking that used to fill those gaps doesn't automatically come back. They finish the worksheet, then go quiet.

The same thing shows up at home, where dinner can so often run on one-word answers, and on teams, where the meeting ends and nobody really said what they thought.

Conversation is a skill, and like reading or math, it gets better with practice. TALK Time gives people a reason to practice, a few minutes at a time, so they can laugh a little more, learn a little more, and connect more deeply with each other.

Who TALK Time Is For.

The games stay the same while the groups and topics change.

for teachers

Run a game as a morning warm-up, a brain break, or as a way to incorporate more interactive class discussion. It works for grades 5 through 12, in any subject, with no lesson planning. Students practice starting a topic, asking real follow-up questions, and listening to each other, which is what most classrooms are short on right now.

For Families

Bring a game to the dinner table or the car. One-word answers turn into real back and forth, and all it takes is a prompt and a few minutes.

For Teams

Open a meeting or an offsite to give people room to talk like humans before the agenda starts. It helps new groups warm up and long-standing teams break out of the same patterns.

How TALK Time works.

You can start your first game in under thirty seconds.

  1. PICK A GAME. Choose one of the seven games based on the skill you want, or start with the first one.

  2. PICK A TOPIC. Use any opening prompt from the Leader Booklet, TALK Sparks, or your imagination.

  3. GET TALKING. Set a timer for 5-10 minutes, play, and close with a debrief question.

Play the same game next time with a new topic or new partners. It unfolds differently every time!

Our solutions are guided by four core principles.

rooted in research

Every tool is grounded in the best available science on human conversation.

ready to use

Practical ideas and strategies you can use immediately.

human by design

Designed to strengthen real relationships in an increasingly digital world.

respectful of time

Made to fit into busy lives while making your time together count.

What's Inside Your Digital TALK Time Kit.

Everything is available for download the moment you buy, so you can print what you need and run your first game today.

  • One slide for each of the seven games, ready to print or project.

  • One poster for each game, plus "We Are A TALK [Classroom / Family / Team" posters.

  • An instructor booklet with leader scripts, opening topics, game variations, and debrief guides.

The same files work on the wall of a classroom, on the fridge at home, or on the screen in a conference room.

  • These games have changed the way my kids and i communicate. the awkward quiet dinner table moments are gone and I feel like i'm getting to know my own kids in a new way. thank you!

    Chris J., Mom to a five and eight year old

  • "IT'S REMARKABLE HOW THE SAME exercises WORK WITH EXECUTIVES, the STUDENTS AT HARVARD, AND MY KIDS AT HOME. It's a testament to the universality of conversation skills."

    -Executive Student, HBS

One-time payment for endless conversation reps.

TALK Time is a one-time $40 purchase. Download it once and use it forever — whenever you want, as often as you want. No subscription and no per-participant fee.

Buy it today and run your first game before the week is out.

Bring TALK Time To Your Whole teaching team.

Purchase a group license that covers 10 people, so every teacher in a grade-level or on an Advisory or Subject teaching team gets their own kit under one shared price. 

Everyone can run TALK Time in their own class, department, or team right away.

For groups larger than 10, contact us at hello@talkstudios.com

FAQS.

Read our extended FAQs page here.