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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
This cartoon strip is the briefest summing up I've come across of the absurdity of the overstated claims about the supposedly overwhelming importance of body language and non-verbal communication that circulate so widely in the worlds of presentation skills and management training. Tags: Body language non-verbal communication
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
If you want to succeed in business, what are the critical communication skills? Answer a question in a way that inspires confidence. Tags: Connection Strategic Communication I’ve come up with nine. You need the ability to: Give a persuasive 10-minute presentation. Make a cold call. Deliver bad news. Tell a story.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Steve mentions the importance of being adept at five things: finance, selling, presenting, negotiating, and business communications. Why did he separate business communications as a separate category? To me, business communications includes selling, presenting, and negotiating. thought his grouping was odd. Presenting).
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
If you want to be a better speaker, start working on your one-on-one communication skills. Sure, there are some speakers who are able to fake it onstage and aren't good communicators in person, but to really shine as a speaker, connect with your audience and radiate authenticity, your one-on-one communication skills are the place to start.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Last week and this week on The Public Speaker, I talked about handling difficult media questions. The truth is that I myself wanted to get the perspective of other communication professionals because handling difficult questions can be controversial. In fact, we all agreed how to handle difficult media questions.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Last week and this week on The Public Speaker, I talked about handling difficult media questions. The truth is that I myself wanted to get the perspective of other communication professionals because handling difficult questions can be controversial. In fact, we all agreed how to handle difficult media questions.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Not transparent - and actually, why be on Twitter if you don't want to communicate rapidly, spontaneously and personally. Now Twitter me @BertDecker , or email me with any questions at Bert@decker.com. . The effectiveness of your communication determines the effectiveness of your life.”. Sign up at www.Twitter.com.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
A guy I know just asked this question on his Facebook feed: Are you a fan of Tiger Woods: Yes/No My first reaction was to think not about my answer, but about the question. Loaded Questions are questions which presuppose ideas or facts. I'm just asking questions, your honor!" Why was I uncomfortable with it?
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
m not surprised that people in both corporate and government settings have turned to PowerPoint in an attempt to summarize their communications. If we take a long hard look at what we want to accomplish, I think we’ll see that there are much better tools to accomplish our inter-office communications goals than PowerPoint. Absolutely.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Here are the two questions we would like to hear your thoughts on…. Loading… Tags: Question awards communication Nancy Duarte poll presentation Nancy just received her bright and shiny gold medal with the words “Success Through Knowledge.” So what we’d really like to know from our community is how you view awards.
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