We are now in different times where many people are working from home. Along with working from home, comes a new set of rules and new ways to engage. Below I share how to show up professionally and have a productive and efficient virtual meeting. I’ve broken virtual office etiquette into 3 areas; employer,...
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Feb 2018
Develop Yourself Event Elevate Your Business. Increase Your Bank Account. Spread Your Influence.
People buy from people they like, and, it’s not always about price, contrary to what many may think. Building the Know, Like, Trust, factor (K.L.T Factor) is essential no matter what type of business you have. It can be done via images and an intentional website design, however, one of the most effective ways to build...
Public speaking, especially making a video to share with others, can really be quite daunting. It takes some people months or years to work up the nerve to make their first video. Here are some tips for overcoming that fear and getting started. #1 – Don’t Be Scripted A script may make the video seem...
Fillers or Crutch Words Fillers/ Crutch words are useless words and sounds that continuously creeping into people’s speech. Fillers words range from repetitious sounds, such as “uh”, “um”, “like” and “ahhh” and more. They also include favourite catch words and phrases, such as; “you know”, “anyway”, “just”, “all right” and “like”. The problem with using...
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May 2017
Storytelling can be and is a really effective tool when speaking. As adults, stories still have that magic and power over us as we did when we were kids. Why is it that we forget this when we have to give a business presentation? Don’t we want to engage our audiences? For some reason, we...
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May 2017
If you are anything like was about 18 months ago, I was the worlds worst rememberer of names (Yes I know this is a bad sentence…but so what – keep reading) I have to tell you, I never used to be the greatest at remembering names, but now I am 10x better than where I...
“You are indeed what you think about all day long”. This statement is especially true when it comes to public speaking. As humans we all have this preconceived belief about the things we can do and the things we cannot do. Once again… “PRECONCEIVED beliefs”. I often hear people say “Oh…I am such a horrible...
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Sep 2014
Moving your Business from Mediocre to Magnificent You have a fabulous product or service and you know it – people have even told you so. So why aren’t you out there in the world claiming your space???? My friends – enough with showing humility and being humble. The time is NOW to be that magnificent...