People Have Difficulty With Public Speaking

As someone in the business of Communication Coaching, I salute those that are striving to improve their public speaking, pitching and presentation skills. It’s not always an easy thing to do, especially if one was born introverted, with a learning challenge of some kind, is not a native speaker of the working language or simply […]

Women in the Media (The Agenda Clip)

This is really interesting to me.  I realize men and women often have a different way of processing information and relaying it. Here is a great anecdote on the subject. What do you think? {“preview_thumbnail”:”/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/oj3cXK93dC0.jpg?itok=7TvImBLI”,”video_url”:”https://youtu.be/oj3cXK93dC0″,”settings”:{“responsive”:1,”width”:”854″,”height”:”480″,”autoplay”:1},”settings_summary”:[“Embedded Video (Responsive, autoplaying).”]}

Top 7 Tips for Surviving the Work Christmas Party

‘Tis the season to be invited to Christmas (or “Holiday” or “Festive Season” etc.) parties sponsored by your place of employment.  At first it sounds like a great idea:  take a day or half-day off work, mingle with friends and co-workers, eat free food and drink free booze.  What a great way to get into the spirit […]

When Are Bullet Points Actually a Good Choice?

  I got this from a LinkedIn group called “Beyond Bullet Points”    which is all about effective presentation skills.        Thought I’d share this with you, even though it’s not my work.  I like it!    When are bullet points a good choice? from Susan Schleef

Body Language Analysis of Lance Armstrong

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As most of you know, Lance Armstrong is all over the news these days, admitting that he doped during the Tour de France bike races.  It is refreshing to hear him admit his guilt, since we are used to him adamantly denying any doping or wrongdoing, and suing those who dare to say otherwise. In […]

Why Teaching Idioms is Important in Business English

Like many of you I have a profile on the networking site LinkedIn. (You can find me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/communicationcoach)  One of the benefits of LinkedIn is becoming a member of a group related to our fields or interests.  I subscribe to a number of groups, and sometimes feel compelled to add my two cents to the discussions, although not […]

Body Language of a Warrior

I’m currently re-reading an old book I have, called The Martial Artist’s Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi’s Classic Book of Strategy, by Stephen F. Kaufman. This was prompted by my recent viewing of The Samurai Trilogy, the 3 movies created a long time ago to tell the life story of Musashi (1584-1645), […]

The Initial 3V Process: From Consultation to Coaching

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Wondering if a 3V communications coaching program is for you, or your employee?  Curious about the process?  Here is essentially what happens from initial consultation to full-on coaching, from my point of view, as your potential coach: 1. The process of your communication skill enhancement starts with an email or phone call to 3V, followed up […]