Speak With Confidence
Styles and Smiles: Brown’s Victory in Massachusetts
By Monica Murphy, Senior Coaching Partner and Ethan Becker, Senior Coaching Partner As Speech Coaches, we look at how the art of communication persuades a voter. Have you thought about how communication style impacts a voter’s perception? By style we mean: how someone comes across to their listeners. Forget about the healthcare, balance of power in the white house, and messaging for a moment….Let’s look at the communication reasons why some Massachusetts voters eagerly checked
Britney Gengel–Please be Alive
By: Laurie Schloff Usually I am glad when there’s an empty seat next to me on a plane. Yet when a mom with a beautiful smile apologized for taking the middle seat, her spirit was so warm, I didn’t mind at all. As TV camera people came down the aisle to film her just sitting there. I said “You must be famous.” She told me that she was going to meet her daughter, a student
The New Boss-Dynamo or Dudsville?
by Laurie Schloff, Senior Coaching Partner Hal Gordon, a member of The Professional Speakers group on LinkedIN provoked my thinking about what style of leadership is working well these days. Mr. Gordon prompted us to reflect on the November 12 issue of the Economist, which included a fascinating article on “The Cult of the Faceless Boss.” According to the article, the recent economic downturn has caused companies to reject flamboyant CEOs in favor of executives
THE TALKING AMERICAN TALIBAN
I have been coaching speakers of all kinds, from all walks of life, from every continent, from every age bracket, from every economic strata, and from every social class for more than 45 years. I have coached through times of peace and times or war. I have coached on topics of great and grave public consequence, and on topics of intimate and personal concern. I have coached speakers of the highest public personality and purpose,
He and She Talk: Male/Female Communication
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WE SEE RUDE PEOPLE
by Laurie Schloff/Senior Coaching Partner Bravo to columnist and author of the new book I See Rude People by Amy Alkon. Fed up, she invoices telemarketers for interrupting her evening peace, and makes considerate calls to tell others they lack consideration. I was shocked to find that Amy lives in California. We communication professionals in the Northeast thought that perhaps the cold well….made people cold. Seems like there just isn’t motivation for minding manners anywhere. All people want
ALL TOGETHER NOW: TAKE A DEEP BREATH
by Laurie Schloff/Senior Coaching Partner World peace is getting harder to imagine. It seems that there’s a daily news headliner about losing it. Kanye West just jumped on the stage and grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift in the middle of her acceptance speech at the Video Music Awards to announce who HE thought should have won. Come on Kanye, a lot of us are bonkers about Beyonce too, but somehow we learned it’s just
Obama’s Healthcare Speech
By Senior Coaching Partner Dr. Dennis Becker President Obama gave an impassioned presentation on the topic of Healthcare Reform. We have been monitoring and critiquing his speeches and speaking style from the outset of the primaries. We have reviewed and commented on many, many of those speeches and press conferences, etc.. This speech had some of the same techniques and cadence. But, in this speech I heard and saw something different. Yes, he had the
I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THEM
by Senior Coaching Partner Dr. Dennis Becker Today I heard another one of the ultra conservative talk show stars talking about Ted Kennedy’s funeral and the things that people said as part of the eulogies. Oh, yes, I do refer to them as “stars” because I have to believe that is their desire – to be seen as some sort of media star or public figure which gives them the call to fill the airwaves