December 2011 Newsletter
Communication Tips from the "Most Interesting Man in the World."
If you heard him deliver a speech, you’d agree with his ideas before he even took the podium.
He once convinced Ché Guevara to buy a 30-year supply of toilet paper.
When he answers your question, you are likely to weep with joy.
Asking for Small Commitments in a Sales Presentation Can Pay Off with Big Orders.
Call it the small commitment paradox. You’ll make more sales if you ask for less at the end of your sales pitches.
That's right. Asking for less yields more, according to a study detailed in “Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive” a book by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, and Robert B. Cialdini.
Busting the Mehrabian Myth: Content Matters
Here’s a fun video from a British communication skills coaching firm.
The video addresses a study conducted many years ago by Albert Mehrabian, a social scientist who studied the way that we communicate.
Survey Details PowerPoint Pet Peeves.
Check out this study of what bothers people the most about PowerPoint. In the online survey, people were asked to list the top three things that irked them most when watching a PowerPoint presentation. Almost 700 people responded.
Public Speaking Tip from Socrates.
“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.