Now putting into consideration that it is different with everyone and by it I mean conversation. I'll start by saying this, I am a sapiosexual by nature which basically means I love intelligent people, and I don't mean intelligent like you've created a neutron blaster, I mean intelligent like you have a passion for something, anything and you're able to teach me and explain to me why you love that thing, the importance of that dream to you and yours. I can't explain it but I thrive on good and quality conversations with my peers. I'm usually told by my friends that I like stories(gist) too much.
Whilst there are many elements that enhance the quality of our conversations the major and most important one is interest. Which draws the questions, how interesting is the conversation?, and how interested are you the listener?.
Growing up I always talked about my favorite movies and tv shows, my conversations became monotonous because I didn't know how to interject it into the normal everyday topic. Not until I started making a conscious effort to broaden my scope, to find loopholes of interest.
Finding out what made my listener interested in this boring story of mine became paramount as without that knowledge conversation became futile. I learnt this from observing other conversationalists around me and drastically improved my listeners attention span.
Note: All pictures are mine