by Dorothea Hendriks | Nov 28, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Dorothea Hendriks | Nov 26, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Dorothea Hendriks | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Dorothea Hendriks | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
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...
by Dorothea Hendriks | Mar 26, 2011 | Blog, communication skills
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...
by Dorothea Hendriks | Mar 26, 2011 | Blog, communication skills
“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...
