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January 2006 |
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Jargon and Buzzwords to Avoid in 2006, According to a Michigan
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Great communicators avoid jargon.
Now, a Michigan university has
identified 17 buzz phrases that you should avoid for 2006: phrases
like “git-r-done”, “talking points”, and “breaking news.”
Those are phrases
from the
"List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for
Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness."
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Public Speaking Lesson from "Miracle On Ice" U.S. Olympic Hockey
Coach Herb Brooks. |
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With the Winter
Olympics coming next month, let us remember Herb Brooks, who coached
the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. hockey team that won gold in Lake
Placid, N.Y. Before defeating the Soviets that year, Brooks gave a
great pre-game motivational speech.
“The moment is yours,” Brooks, who died in 2003, reportedly told his
players before taking the ice for one of the biggest upsets in
sports history.
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The Public Speaking Value of Gray Hair, According to CNN's Anderson
Cooper. |
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If you’re thinking
of dying your gray hair, don’t do it if you’re a man, says
the famously gray-headed CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
“In the TV news business, gray equals gravitas,” writes Cooper in a
funny column posted to the CNN.com website. “In fact, in just about
any line of work being prematurely gray is an advantage. On a guy,
gray hair says, "I'm mature, stable. I can be relied on."
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Public Speaking Wisdom from Adlai Stevenson. |
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“It’s hard to lead
a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”
Those are the words
of Adlai Stevenson, Ambassador to the U.N., Governor of Illinois and
failed presidential candidate.
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Speechworks President Joey Asher Featured in Fulton Co. Daily
Report. |
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If you want to grow
your business, communicate with your clients in a way that makes
them believe that you understand their business and can help it
succeed. That is the focus of a story published recently in the
Fulton Co. Daily Report featuring Speechworks President Joey Asher.
Click here to read the full article. |
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Rave Reviews for Speechworks
Book Helping Lawyers Win Clients and Speak Effectively. |
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"If you want to
develop the skills you need to maintain great relationships with
clients and grow your book of business, you should read this book
every year."
That is the first
line of a new review (Click
here to read the full review.) of Joey Asher’s new book
“Selling
& Communication Skills for Lawyers.” ($29.95, ALM
Publishing, a division of American Lawyer Media). Many lawyers
and marketing professionals are raving over the book for its simple,
practical approach to winning and keeping clients.
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