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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…
Avoid Sarcasm at Work
You may have read about a Harvard University study that was published a year or so ago, which stated that sarcasm can increase your creativity. As references to this article continue to be passed around by bloggers and others, people are often forgetting to include the caveats about trust in the relationship and understanding when…
How to Deliver Dry Information with Style
On a recent trip to Denver, my husband and I flew Spirit Airlines. If you’re not familiar with Spirit Airlines, imagine the most basic, no-frills, charge-you-for-everything airline you can fathom. That’s Spirit. Apparently, even a seat-back pocket to stow your goods while you fly is too much to ask, so there are a few bungee…
Passion Is Not Enough – Messaging Tip
When delivering a speech, presentation, or media interview, speaking from the heart is important, but a message must also make sense logically. There are times when a very passionate speaker can draw people in by affecting the audience emotionally, but if upon further reflection the argument or position presented by the speaker doesn’t hold up…
Expert Media Training – Blog Among Top-Ranking Public Speaking Blogs
I am honored that my blog has been named one of the top 50 public speaking blogs by Feedspot. Of the thousands of public speaking blogs, Feedspot ranked ours as number 30. I am grateful to be in good company among my respected peers. “These blogs are ranked based on following criteria: To read more…
Five Tips to Make the Most of Media Interviews, Presentations, and Panels
1. Know what drives your audience at any given time; pain avoidance or aspiration. Some people are more motivated to avoid pain, thus the “speak to their pain points” advice that has proliferated on the Internet for the past decade. Others are more motivated by their aspirations or ideals. Most people’s motivations can vacillate between…
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Trust and Body Language
“I don’t trust you. I don’t know why, there’s just something about you.” – These are words some entrepreneurs have heard spoken on “Shark Tank” and they’re words that no one wants to hear after a media interview, presentation or pitch. What leads to a lack of trust? Quite often it’s body language. In conversations…
