English communication skills- Networking- Relationships- Power of Sending Notes for Praise and Thanks
English communication skills- Networking- Relationships- Power of Sending Notes for Praise and Thanks Amazing how it is often the little things in life that touch us. Sending notes is one of those little things that means a lot. It can be email. It can be handwritten. Handwritten is a wow these days. For the recipient- […]
End Your Presentation With A Bang
End Your Presentation With A Bang The end of a presentation, especially at a luncheon, needs to feel like dessert – sweet and satisfying. Show your enthusiasm through lively gestures, facial expressions, and speech volume. Restate your viewpoint. Send them back to work with a lift. Rerun from Aug 8, 2016
English communication skills- Networking- Relationships- Power of Praise and Thanks
English communication skills- Networking- Relationships- Power of Praise and Thanks Dear all– Thanksgiving in the USA comes on the last Thursday in the month of November. And… it is soooo good to thank people around us for all that they do– every day, not just on national holidays of Thanksgiving, whether in the USA or […]
Grab Audience Attention with Shocker Sentence
Grab Audience Attention with Shocker Sentence Use this very effective way to get attention of an audience, especially at a luncheon. Make a statement that surprises, startles, or challenges them. Example: “The organization is going to change in ways you can hardly imagine over the next six months.” Here are the three rules to make […]
Accent Reduction – Habit Success – The Other Secret is Forgive Yourself
Accent Reduction – Habit Success – The Other Secret is Forgive Yourself You are going to fail sometimes. That’s okay, Richard Wiseman studied people who achieved their goals. From those investigations, he realized we should: Expect to go back to your old habits sometimes. Treat that failure as a temporary set-back, and go forward. What […]
How to Tell a Story
How to Tell a Story Start at a point in time. Remember, the most memorable stories in any culture start with some variation of “once upon a time” the same way a fairy tale begins. Don’t explain the story. Re-create it the way it happened. Use dialogue. Add rich detail so the audience sees what […]
Accent Reduction – The Secret of “If” and “Then”
Accent Reduction – The Secret of “If” and “Then” Plans are good. And with a super simple plan, you can resist temptation to fall back to your old habit. When do you always perform that bad habit? Example: “Whenever I am with another person, I interrupt them before they are finished talking.” Yes. OK. Now […]
How to Find the Best Story for You
How to Find the Best Story for You Choose an event you lived through or studied about, that moved you and had an emotional impact. The more the impact or influence it had on you, the more impact it will have on audience. If your story involves kids, yours or someone else’s, you can’t miss […]
Accent Reduction – Shortcut to Get Rid of the Habit = Replace It
Accent Reduction – Shortcut to Get Rid of the Habit = Replace It You already know this from your own experience. Studies show that replacing one habit with another is the easiest way to your goal. Want to stop the trip of donuts into your mouth? When you feel the urge, reach for that sugarless […]
Designing Your Luncheon Talk
Designing Your Luncheon Talk Tell me a fact, and I’ll learn Tell me a truth, and I’ll believe. But tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever. –Indian Proverb Provide information, yes. But above all be interesting. Tell a story. Rerun from July 11, 2016