Speak With Confidence

How Not to Digest the Political Sandwich of  Balderdash – Doublespeak – Bullxxxx

Technically speaking, each of these three things is slightly different. Practically speaking, they are all the same in the attempt to confuse, distract, and deceive the reader, listener, buyer, and voter. We all know that each of these verbal tactics is normal behavior for most politicians and slick salespeople. They are prevalent at this time of year—election season. During this political season, when you are facing several important decisions on issues ranging from birth and

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Ponderous Prepositions and Prefixes

Nothing is more symptomatic of our declining language skills than the increased misuse of prepositions and prefixes. People today feel compelled to tinker with proper word usage in speech by adding those handy prepositions and prefixes. Take traffic reports, for instance. Traffic on Route 1 is “easing up,” “easing down,” “easing off,” or “easing out,” but never just “easing.” What is “easing up” traffic?  Is that when cars levitate? Levitating cars certainly would ease traffic.

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Motivating Others

In this 30-minute recorded webinar, you will learn the difference between inspiration and motivation. We will introduce the unique Motivation Matrix and use it to identify the six elements needed to motivate anyone.

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Controlling the Impression You Make

What would you like other people to say about you when you are not present? This 30-minute recorded webinar will reveal the six most frequently selected impressions that leaders of countries and companies worldwide find effective.

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Advocating for Yourself

Speaking up on your own behalf should not feel uncomfortable or embarrassing. This 30-minute recorded webinar will focus on both the mindset and methods for advocating for yourself and your ideas.

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Answering Challenging Questions on Your Feet

At work, questions are continuously being tossed out to us. At times, We don’t know the answer and feel like we should. We can’t answer the question. We don’t have a good answer. We know the question will cause conflict if we choose to answer it.

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Delivering Performance Reviews Confidently

If your work situation requires you to manage other people, this complimentary webinar will benefit you. One of your responsibilities is to periodically give people an assessment of how they perform their work responsibilities. This is often a sensitive and uncomfortable task.

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Controlling Nervousness Before Speaking

Whether you call it ’nervousness” or “anxiety’ or “fear of speaking,” it is a widespread experience for many people worldwide; you are not alone. The good news is that it can be controlled. This complimentary webinar will discuss the ‘real causes’ of this experience and some tools and techniques to control the nervousness.

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Persuasive Storytelling

Telling a story is a powerful way to win over the heart and mind of your listener whether you are presenting research/data, sharing your value proposition or selling a service or product. In this complimentary webinar we will review the best practices of when, where, why and how to use storytelling for persuasiveness.

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