Create Information Products and Share Your Knowledge
We live in a golden age of information sharing. With all the negative talk around sketchy content and fake news, we can lose sight of the powerful, positive side of knowledge sharing. Have you ever considered turning your expertise into information products? This post...
Public Presentations: The 3 Pillars of Professional Speaking
Public Presentations Gone Wrong I recently saw a presentation that was not great. The gentleman addressing our group was confident, spoke slowly, and knew his stuff. By all appearances he was an experienced speaker who had given public presentations multiple times....
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Entrepreneurs
“There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.” ~ Dale Carnegie The Truth About Public Speaking Most of us approach public speaking with about as much excitement as we’d have if...
Bridging Your Communication Gaps
Mind the Gaps There are gaps everywhere. You can find gaps in forests, mountains, knowledge, traffic, teeth, and even (metaphorically) in our own lives. And you certainly have experienced communication gaps. Gaps can represent tremendous opportunity or terrifying...
Communication Excellence: 6 Lessons from Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir
Learn Communication Excellence from Who? The Pyeongchang Olympics come to a conclusion this weekend, and NBC has announced that the broadcast team of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir will host the event live along with the always solid Terry Gannon. Whether you care...
Secrets for Success: 4 Things and 3 Rules You Need to Know
“You need four things to succeed,” he said with a flash of four fingers at us. From that moment on, I became obsessed with the number one item on his list…
The Secret to Communicating with Morons
Communication and Bad Days Have you ever misspoken? Said the wrong thing at the worst time? Ever missed something obvious that everyone else but you seemed to get much sooner? We all know what it’s like to feel dumb. No fun. Technology can make plenty of us feel...
What my Yorkie taught me about communicating at the right level
Communicating At The Right Level I recently took my dog on an airplane for the first time. Romy is an 8-year-old Yorkie who is the canine version of someone you’d see on Jersey Shore. He’s a little emperor who never had to be crate trained because he lives life...
4 Things My Grandfather’s World War 2 Journal Taught Me About Communicating
An Unexpected Relic While home for Christmas, my Aunt handed me a small black book, about two inches wide, three inches long, and no thicker than a number 2 pencil. It was worn but sturdy. “Your grandfather was never much of a writer, but I guess he kept this journal...
3 Communication Strategies I Learned from being a Paperboy
A Walk Down Memory Lane I was recently home for the holidays when a car skidded to a stop in front of the house where I grew up. It was dark and way below freezing, and I was sitting around waiting for the car’s engine to warm up, which is a Pittsburgh pastime I will...
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