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. […]

Communication

Communication   Survey in USA Today on women in management: The number one critical success factor for the women who have made it big is communication skills.

Presentation Skills: What to Do About Misspeaking?

Presentation Skills: What to Do About Misspeaking? Mistakes happen all the time.  You mean to say one thing, but a glitch of the tongue brings something else out of your mouth. While campaigning for the presidency,  Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis referred to “modern musicians” instead of “modern munitions.” Jimmy Carter once referred to himself as […]

Communication

Communication   The thinking human being Not able to express himself, Stands at the same level as Those who cannot think.  -Pericles

English Speaking Skills: The What and How of a 30 Second Elevator Speech

English Speaking Skills: The What and How of  a 30 Second Elevator Speech An elevator speech is used as a marketing tool since it lets those you meet know where you’ve been and where you’re hoping to go in the future.  Write that 30 second speech, and it is worth memorizing.  What’s not to like […]

Visual Aids

Visual Aids   Visual Aids Learning is improved up to 200%  (Study at University of Wisconsin) Retention is improved up to 38% (Studies at Harvard and Columbia) Time to explain complex subjects is reduced by 25% and 40% (Study at Wharton School of Business)

English Speaking Skills: How to Write an Elevator Speech

English Speaking Skills: How to Write an Elevator Speech   The term “elevator speech” first became popular during the early days of the internet explosion, when companies that won cash from venture capitalists were often those with a simple pitch.  The best could explain a business proposition in the time it took occupants to arrive […]