You can find Sarah McVanel on Twitter @SarahMcVanel Recognizing the skills, contributions, and overall awesomeness of ourselves and others can be remarkably hard to do! Many businesses and individuals have competitive mindsets where recognition of contribution is seen as weak or even personally detrimental. Others feel that talking about their own greatness is morally wrong…
You can find Ken Karpoff on Twitter @KenKarpoff Ever find yourself chasing a big win or striving for peak performance…only to be burned out and let down by the process? Join me as I talk with Ken Karpoff, mental performance coach to Olympians, elite athletes, and business hotshots about how the narratives and language surrounding…
You can find David Gouthro on Twitter @davidgouthro Ever get the feeling that communication and idea sharing in your organization has been stymied? Sometimes the best way to deal with this is to bring in an outsider – a neutral third party with no personal stake in the decisions or ideas being proposed. Someone who’s…
You can find Grant Ainsley on Twitter @AinsleyInc The idea of facing down a news camera is, for many people, the stuff of nightmares. But like most other speaking scenarios, it doesn’t have to be a stressful ordeal. What’s more, developing solid media skills is a good strategy for anyone who is in or aspires…
It’s Pop-Up Rhetoric time again! Pop-Up Rhetoric is a video series where I analyze parts of speeches and other communications. This lets you see how rhetoric works, how it infuses our communication even without us recognizing the devices and strategies at work. The latest Pop-Up Rhetoric video looks at the last few minutes of Trump’s…
You can find Jean Eaton on Twitter @InfoManLtd Did you know that the chances of a business having a privacy breach of any size is 80%? We estimate that 80% of small to medium sized business in the next 5 years are going to be affected by a significant privacy breach. And of those that…
Welcome to the most stressful small-talk time of the year! If you are among those who are biting their nails down to the quick with worry over how you are going to survive this year’s enforced get-togethers, fear not. I’ve created the definitive guide to surviving holiday party small talk, whether you are trapped at a mandatory office…
As you get into the swing of the season and start tackling your Christmas shopping, I’d like to lend you a hand with my top recommended books on becoming better, bolder speakers and communicators. I love giving books as gifts. Giving someone a book that you think they’ll love is like sharing a little piece…
My Twitter feed gets filled up with lots of exclamation-mark-heavy headlines about genius ways to “hack” public speaking. “3 Public Speaking Hacks from Top Leaders!” “4 Hacks to Eliminate Fear of Public Speaking!” “The 11 Best Public Speaking Hacks You Will Ever Need (#7 is Pure Genius)!” They promise ways to trick your brain,…
For several years, my son went to a wonderful daycare. The staff were caring, he had friends to play with, lots of walks and visits to nearby playgrounds, field trips, lots of learning, and just about anything else a preschooler could want in a day. He loved that daycare and enjoyed his time there.…
