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A United Way Speaking Experience
After filling out the application form, then holding my breath through the lengthy interview, I received the call. I had been chosen as one of the two impact speakers for the United Way Lower Mainland fund raising campaign. What could be better than this? Going into...
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Distractions! They are everywhere, and can drive us on the road to exasperation, especially when we are sitting in the audience and find that we seriously have to work at tuning both ears to what the speaker is saying. All too often, something quite unrelated comes in...
read moreWhat’s in a Voice?
For many of us, we open our mouth, words come out; people listen. It all seems so straight forward most of the time. A while back, over a cup of coffee, a friend asked, ‘Do I sound boring to you?” “What are you talking about?” I said, as I grabbed a handful of...
read moreBefore You Grab Your Networking Hat …
Before you grab your ‘networking-to-success’ hat and head to that special work-related event, whether it’s social or business, why not step back and move into ‘discovery’ mode? Discovering as much as you can about the event, before you head out the door, will set you...
read moreSeven Sins of Small Talk
Are you guilty of practicing one of the seven sins of small talk? They’re so easy to do, seem so inconsequential, but whenever we put them into practice, we automatically place a damper on the speaking relationship that we have with the other person. So, what are the...
read moreThree Basic Conversational Body Moves
“The difficulty with this conversation is that it is very different from most of the ones I’ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.” Douglas Adams Unlike the late British comic and writer, Douglas Adams, most of us do not spend our time...
read moreSmall Steps Lead to Success
Success hardly ever comes overnight; it comes with preparation and many, many, small steps. It's the small steps that lead to success. I was never one for taking small steps; I always did things in jumps and giant leaps, only to have someone tell me as I was barreling...
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