Communication

I am quiet, and I have been that way all my life. What does this mean for my communication? In this blog post, I share my journey with communication and the role of emotional development along the way. I share … Read More

Video conferencing helps us connect and communicate. In this blog post, I am sharing my thoughts and experience. We, humans, are wired to communicate and relate emotionally. The emotional brain – the limbic system, or amygdala – evolved millions of … Read More

Yesterday’s workshop was fun. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Here are my nuggets from it. Stories are powerful. They give you something to feel and experience. Stories don’t have to stretch too long, either. The key is to tie in the … Read More

Every presentation has a purpose – you would like your audience to do something about it. It could be – Understand your view point, or Understand the problem at hand, or Adopt your solution or an answer,  or Think about … Read More

When you feel it in the heart, it shows. It connects.Emotional Connection – charge from inside. I was once talking to a group of teenagers about facing their fear of speaking in front of people. I brought up a story … Read More

What if your marketing message is an energizer bunny? What if it just keeps going and going and going … in minds and hearts of the target audience? People would still have that connection at the time of making a … Read More

Communication is so important for all that we do. Is there is a place where you don’t need it? Whether it’s in the family, in my social network, inside the company, with customers, and also while talking with target prospects… … Read More

Win-win relationships…. win-win situations… win-win agreements… I keep hearing about them all the time. The expression win-win is used and abused so much that it has become kind of a cliché. However fostering relationship that helps everyone involved in it … Read More

Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you ask me to speak for 30 minutes, I can speak now. If you need to speak for 5 minutes, I need to prepare.” I love his statement. Expressing your thoughts in a limited time … Read More

We had a workshop at our toastmasters club – Paul Revere Toastmasters. The topic was how means of communication has evolved, and what we can or should do to keep our effectiveness. We had three insightful panel speeches from Lou, … Read More