How you handle your body can send an important message to your audience about your knowledge of the topic you are discussing or your overall comfort with speaking in front of others. Allowing nervousness to consume you often sends a signal that you are ill-prepared...
There isn't a "one-size fits all" approach when it comes to sales meetings. In fact, as audience preferences, needs, and wants change, no two sales meetings should be exactly alike. Your pitch delivery can mean the difference between securing the sale or walking away without...
Working in a team can be both rewarding and challenging, especially when organizing your team for a group presentation. With different personalities, communication styles, and varying comfort levels speaking to an audience, managing the ins and outs of a team presentation takes patience and a...
Interviewing is one of the most common high-stakes, high pressure situations we have all experienced. Preparing before the interview and honing your communication skills can mean the difference between walking out of the interview feeling confident that you made a great impression or second guessing...
Kevin and Leah were thrilled to finally get a meeting with a team of business investors. They had prepared a brief but powerful sales pitch, full of imagery and stellar visuals. All was going well, until the question and answer portion. The team practiced for hours...
In today’s business landscape incorporating visuals into presentations is often necessary to clearly convey messages for diverse and international audiences. Effective communicators are not only able to use their words and body language to paint a vivid picture, but they have mastered how and when...
Communication is an essential part of everyday interactions within any organization. Leading researchers and communication analysts have studied more than 100,000 presentations given by a wide range of speakers to better determine what factors contribute to a speaker’s effectiveness and their ability to engage the...
Rachel looked nervously at the clock, anticipating her next meeting. In 20 minutes she would be meeting with an employee, Clyde, to discuss a recent drop in his work performance. She had prepared all of her talking points, knew what metrics she would present, and...
Effective communication is a must in any workplace to ensure that businesses and their employees can meet operational goals and build productive business relationships with key stakeholders. In fact, it is estimated that 14% of the average work week can be wasted as a result...
Being a great and dynamic presenter is a much-needed skill in any workplace. It may seem as if some people are born with the knack to captivate and move audiences to act while others may struggle to get a simple point across. The good news...