{"id":8,"date":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odu.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:10:21","slug":"messaging-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/messaging-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Messaging Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Messaging Lab<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">Better conversations begin with curiosity, specificity, and a little personality.<\/p>\n<h2>Skip the generic opener<\/h2>\n<p>Reference something from the person&#8217;s profile and ask a question that is easy\u2014and interesting\u2014to answer.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep a rhythm<\/h2>\n<p>Good messaging feels like an exchange, not an interview. Share something about yourself as you ask about the other person.<\/p>\n<h2>Know when to suggest a date<\/h2>\n<p>If conversation is flowing and both people are engaged, you do not need weeks of texting. A low-pressure invitation can clarify whether the connection works offline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messaging Lab Better conversations begin with curiosity, specificity, and a little personality. Skip the generic opener Reference something from the person&#8217;s profile and ask a question that is easy\u2014and interesting\u2014to answer. Keep a rhythm Good messaging feels like an exchange, not an interview. Share something about yourself as you ask about the other person. Know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hero_heading":"","hero_subheading":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odu.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}