When you speak too quickly, your audience has to work harder just to keep up. And when listening becomes work, engagement drops, people stop processing, their minds wander, and even your best ideas can get lost.
Here are two powerful ways to slow down and dramatically improve your impact:
Read MoreAdopting your audience’s perspective, and shaping your communication around what they need, is one of the most powerful tools you can use to elevate your communication skills.
Read MoreYou’re an expert. You’re tasked with talking about your expertise—maybe it’s to clients, the entire company, partners, or the public. The problem is your audience is eclectic and comprised of experts and non-experts. What do you do?
Read MoreInternal email communication doesn’t have to be time consuming and soul-sucking. With just a few simple habits, we can reduce inbox chaos, improve outcomes, and strengthen your office’s communication culture.
Here are four tips to improve your internal email culture…
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Read MoreWhat happens when you don’t communicate? Do your colleagues, employees, partners, or clients just go about their day? …
To answer these questions, let’s examine two extremely well-documented features of human behavior…
Read MoreImagine if your audience—your team, bosses, clients, or customers, had a “communication crystal ball” for your next presentation. What would they see?
Read MoreSpoken communication is inherently interpersonal. Whether you’re standing in front of hundreds or sitting across from a single person, you’re asking your audience to join you, to listen to you, and to explore ideas with you. You’re inviting them on a journey, through information and implication. You need them with you. And a great way to spark that connection is through meaningful eye contact.
Read MoreOver the next few Speaker Soundbites, we will delve into the fascinating science of nonverbal communication and provide actionable tips to align what your audience sees with what they hear. And we’ll start with a fascinating concept called mirroring.
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