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60 Examples of Personal Interaction

John Spacey, updated on December 29, 2023

Personal interaction is any social communication and engagement between individuals. This includes purely social situations such as family conversations and communication in a business, education or community setting. The term personal interaction traditionally implies a face-to-face conversation between people. However, this can be expanded to include digital interactions such as cooperating with players in an online game or engaging in social media debates. The following are common examples of personal interaction.

Barbecues	Birthday Parties
Break Room Conversations	Camping Together
Class Discussion	Classes
Coaching	Cooking Together
Cooperative Work	Dating
Dinner Parties	Doctor Visits
Emails & Text Messaging	Exercise Classes
Extracurricular Activities	Family Dinners
Family Gatherings	Game Nights
Going for Coffee	Going for Dinner
Greeting a Neighbor	Group Work in Class
Helping a Stranger	Hiking Together
Introductions	Lunch With Coworkers
Meetings	Mentoring
Movie Nights	Museums Together
Negotiation	Networking Events
Nightlife	Office Parties
Online Chats	Online Gaming
Parent-Teacher Conferences	Personal Customer Service
Phone Calls	Picnics
Playing Together	Road Trips
Running Together	Small Talk
Social Dance	Social Media Interactions
Striking Up Conversation	Study Groups
Support Groups	Teaching
Team Building Events	Team Sports
Teamwork	Tour Groups
Training	Traveling Together
Tutoring	Volunteering Interactions
Walking Together	Workshops

Overview

Personal interaction includes any communication and engagement that is person-to-person including conversation in a group setting. The following are the basic characteristics of personal interaction with additional examples.