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Communication Tips for Spending Holidays with Family
Communication Tips for Spending Holidays with Family The holidays are coming up and they can be stressful for a lot of people. Go in with a plan to handle challenging people and situations, especially if you’ll be spending holidays with family. Keep in mind that just because you’re related to people doesn’t automatically mean they’re…
How to Be a Great Panelist
How to Be a Great Panelist Serving on panels at events is an excellent way to increase your visibility and establish credibility as a thought leader. The best way to make the most of an opportunity to serve on panels is to prepare well, even if you know your subject matter very well. These tips…
Investor Pitching: Setting Yourself Up for Success
INVESTOR PITCHING: SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS A few months ago, I was asked to write an article for Women Founders Network’s blog because I had successfully coached several entrepreneurs to wins in their fast-pitch competition over the past few years. My article on “Setting Yourself Up for Success with Investors” is provided below, and…
5 Words to Remember to Communicate Effectively
5 Words to Remember for Effective Communication When working with clients to develop their messaging, one question I ask many of them is, “If you only had two minutes to spend with someone, what advice would you give them that would change their life?” If you ask yourself this question at various times, you might…
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Quick Tip: Eliminate Fillers to Communicate More Effectively
Eliminate fillers, such as “um, “like,” “you know,” and “I mean,” to communicate more clearly and confidently. You will appear more self-assured, polished, and prepared if you use fewer filler words. The overuse of fillers detracts from your message. Quite often, people focus more on your filler words than your actual message. Furthermore, people might…
Quick Tips: How to Avoid Spreading Misinformation
There has rarely been a time when clear communication was valued and needed as it is now. Each of us can help stop the spread of misinformation and disinformation. There are many more in-depth articles about how to evaluate the factual accuracy of various news media outlets and how to evaluate information. Here are two…
We're Ripping the Tape from Our Mouths
When I was a child, my family lived in Geneva, Switzerland for a few years for my father’s job at DuPont. When I got older, my father told me that there were times that he was in meetings with people he had reason to believe were Nazis, which incensed him. He’d served in the U.S.…
Transparency, Clarity, and Compassion
We are living in a time of the greatest uncertainty that many of us have ever experienced. For most people, much of life beyond the present day is a question mark. Opacity and a lack of communication lead to mistrust and frustration. The people who deliver clear information with genuine caring stand out and attract…
Reputation Management and The PPP Loan Disaster
Reputation Management and The PPP Loan Disaster: How Some Large Companies and Banks Alienated Small Businesses — An Opportunity to Make Amends Update 4/23/20 — Since yesterday, more of the large companies that received PPP loans have vowed to return them, including Kura Sushi, Sweetgreen, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, and DMC Global. Update: 4/21/20, 3:00 PM…
Four Steps to Prepare for Business Reopening During COVID-19
Four Steps to Prepare for Business Reopening During COVID-19 Now Is the Time to Plan for Changes in Procedures and Communications With all of the adjustments that most companies have made to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to focus primarily on the challenges in front of you. However, for business leaders, this is…
How to Be Effective in Virtual Meetings: Adjusting Your Communication Style
How to Be Effective in Virtual Meetings and Presentations: Adjusting Your Communication Style Video conferencing can be an extremely effective way to hold meetings and deliver presentations. People tend to try to focus solely on the meeting and ignore distractions because their face is zoomed in on, they are probably less likely to be looking…
How to Be Effective in Virtual Meetings: Your Set-Up
With more people than ever conducting business from home, the use of video to hold meetings, media interviews, sales presentations, and investor pitches is becoming the norm. Even after social distancing measures are lifted, many business leaders are predicting that the use of video conferencing will replace many in-person meetings going forward for reasons of…
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