Alexa, Market My Business
What if your clients, customers, and prospects were lining up to invite you into their homes? In noisy, crowded environments, it's challenging to be visible and heard. You want people to read your book, book you to speak, buy your product, listen to your message, and...
Public Speaking Preparation: Clarify Your Central Idea
A great deal of confidence in public speaking stems from proper preparation. To be an effective facilitator, you need a clear idea of what you want to achieve with your presentation. If you create a well-prepared plan, you'll go in knowing when you're doing what, and...
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....
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...
Giving a Speech: An Award Winning Example
Music star Bruno Mars had a big night at the 2018 Grammy Awards, winning a few of the industry's biggest accolades. He capped the night by winning album of the year and ended the evening by giving a speech that worked. I want to share eight reasons the Bruno Mars...
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…
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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