Samantha Rodman recommends these 11 questions as a way of engaging people in a positive conversation.

1. What was your favorite part of today?
2. What are you grateful for?
3. What are you going to do about that?
4. How did that make you feel?
5. What do you think he/she feels?
6. How can we look on the bright side?
7. What part of that can we learn more about?
8. What do you want to do on the weekend?
9. What can we do to help/to make someone happy?
10. What do you want to do outside today?
11. When do you feel happiest?