To Get Ahead
To Get Ahead If you are looking for a horse to ride to get ahead, just become a good presenter. Notice I didn’t say “excellent” or “outstanding”. Just become good – because the rest of the world is so terrible. -David Peoples
English Speaking: The Grammar is in the Pronunciation, Part Two
English Speaking: The Grammar is in the Pronunciation, Part Two Last time, I told you about how the grammar is in the pronunciation of “ed” for regular verbs for past tense and grammar “s” for subject and verb agreement. You also got that the grammar is in the pronunciation of grammar “s” for plurals and […]
Job Advancement
Job Advancement As executives reach middle management and above, the primary criteria for advancement are communication and motivation skills rather than basic job performance.
English Speaking: The Grammar is in the Pronunciation
English Speaking: The Grammar is in the Pronunciation It is so simple. It took a genius linguist and priest to point out the obvious. He said: “Now I understand. I want better grammar. You want me to get perfect pronunciation because the grammar is in the pronunciation!” “Exactly!” I told him. Part one of understanding […]
Conclusion for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning
Conclusion for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning The natural tendency of human beings is to: Justify on facts, but buy on feeling Justify with business reasons, but buy for personal reasons Justify with logic, but buy on emotion
Presentation Skills: The Pause – The Silent Moment that Packs a Punch
Presentation Skills: The Pause – The Silent Moment that Packs a Punch “Pauses can achieve an effect that no combination of words could ever accomplish!” -paraphrased from Mark Twain You’ve seen master comedians break up a crowd with a well-timed pause. Today’s young comedians study the great– the late Jack Benny, Johnny Carson. The well-timed […]
Communication Skills and Changing Times
Communication Skills and Changing Times Times have changed. Yesterday, the most qualified person got the job. Today, among equal qualifications, the best communicator gets the job.
Presentation skills: Why you should consider using a full manuscript
Presentation skills: Why you should consider using a full manuscript Why should you do all the work of preparing a full manuscript for your speech? Wouldn’t it be easier to “wing it?” Here’s one compelling reason: CEOs of top corporations pay freelance speechwriters $3,000-$7,000 and more to write a speech. They wouldn’t repeatedly do this […]
Communication Skills
Communication Skills According to a survey of faculty members at engineering schools: Opinion of the faculty members was that 15% of an engineer’s future success depends on his or her engineering skills, while 85% depends upon communication skills.
Presentation skills: Great Tips for Using Notes for a Presentation
Presentation skills: Great Tips for Using Notes for a Presentation Ah, I was delighted to get this information: Experienced speakers often discipline themselves to write their entire presentation first. Then they work backwards and reduce their manuscript to shortened notes. I loved finding that information because most often that is exactly what I do. […]