December 2006 |
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To Thrive at the Firm Holiday Party, Ask Questions and Really
Listen. |
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With corporate
Holiday party season upon us, the question is this: how do you have
a real, non-work conversation with Susan from accounting?
I mean, she’s nice
and all. But normally, there’s the Cartersville Project to discuss.
What do you say
when you’re standing next to the punch bowl with a co-worker and
you’re expected to have a more social, non-work conversation?
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Want to Thrive on the Colbert Report?
Don't take Yourself too Seriously. |
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If you’re ever
called on to be interviewed by mock interviewer Stephen Colbert,
of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report", you’d better be prepared.
Because there’s no middle ground with
those interviews. Either you do great and people laugh with you. Or
you do poorly and people laugh at you. (To
see Colbert Report interviews click here.)
A recent
Slate article detailed a few keys to doing well in these
interviews. They boil down to one major thing: have a sense of
humor.
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Do you Think you Talk too Fast?
Maybe you Should Just Pause. |
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“Everyone tells me
that I talk too fast.”
We hear that all
the time from our clients. But the solution isn’t to speak slower.
Most "fast talkers" really just need to throw in some pauses.
Many people are
told that they speak too fast. But no one speaks so fast that they
can’t be understood. The fastest speakers speak around 175 to 180
words per minute. The human ear can perceive over 300 words a
minute.
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Speechworks Podcast: Great Speeches Make No
More than Three
Key Points. |
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Most business
presentations are unfocused messes. That’s why the best
presentations make only a few key messages.
If you want to
learn how to focus your next pitch, listen to this month's
Speechworks Podcast.
To listen to the Podcast click here.
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Public Speaking Tip from Socrates. |
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit.”
Those are the words of Socrates. And he certainly could have been
speaking about what it takes to be a great public speaker.
Excellence comes from practice.
But you have to know how to practice. And that’s what we teach our
clients during our communication skills workshops.
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