What Inspired Me from Pinnacle of Influence
I finished reading this new book that I am a co-author of called Pinnacle of Influence, How the World’s Greatest Thought Leaders Became Global Gurus, and wanted to give both a shout-out to the authors and add a few of my favourite snippets of their inspirational words. Here are some short phrases or quotes from […]
It’s Been a While, But I’m Back
It’s been a couple of years since I updated this blog. Why you ask? Well I could say that I was busy blogging on two other websites of companies I’m involved with, which isn’t a lie, but a sentence closer to the true reason for my absence was that I had technical issues with this […]
Communication Skills Part of YEDI Success
As most of you know I am part of a team that trains entrepreneurs, both for-profit and not-for-profit, in Canada and abroad. This year our organization YEDI (York Entrepreneurship Development Institute) which operates partnership programs with York University and Schulich Executive Education Centre was ranked the #1 University-linked accelerator in the world, by UBI Global. […]
Improve Business Communication Skills at Toronto Event
Professional Development and Networking Event: Key Communication Skills to Grow Your Business! The key to successfully starting and growing a business is effective communications. Your great idea will not get interest from anyone if you can’t share your vision, persuasively pitch your company to investors, and clearly market your products and services. NCCA Canada is […]
3 Questions with Communication Expert Ric Phillips | The Jenn Report
Source: 3 Questions with Communication Expert Ric Phillips | The Jenn Report Be clear, confident and successful! Don’t let a lack of high-level communication skills hold you back. Advises Ric Phillips, a Communication Coach since 2006. His clients include professionals and politicians. A few years ago, I met Ric Phillips at a local networking group […]
How to Develop & Deliver an Effective Pitch (with Slides)
Recently I gave a short seminar at TechSoup, located in the CSI (Centre for Social Innovation) building here in Toronto. TechSoup had asked me to speak about developing and delivering an effective pitch, with a slide deck. Their target audience is non-profits who want or need to build their technical skills to help improve efficiencies […]
Develop HR, Management and Entrepreneur Skills
As a member of HRPA (Human Resources Professionals Association – http://www.hrpa.ca/hrpa ) I receive regular emails and mailings with information about new services, service providers and detailed Human Resource articles. Here is something that looks interesting and apparently is free. http://www.essentialskillsthatwork.com I am not affiliated with them – I just thought I would pass on […]
Are You Over-Sharing Personal Info at Work?
Today I was asked to give an interview for Sarah Boesveld, a newspaper reporter with The Globe and Mail’s Life section. She wanted to write an article about over-sharing in the workplace – that is, people offering a little bit too much personal information and how that can affect working performance and working relationships. Great […]
Essential Top 7 Communication Skills for Entrepreneurs
As a Communication Coach and trainer for 3V, and as a Program Advisor for YEDI, I frequently meet, network with and teach entrepreneurs from both non-profit and for-profit sectors, representing businesses and organizations of various sizes and stages in business. The titles of the workshops I provide may change but the core values requested and […]
Follow Your Passion
This post is not mainstream communication but rather closer to my life-coaching and entrepreneurial roots. To make a long story short my cousins whom I grew up with watching horror flicks have entered the world of self-employment and have registered a small business. I have had many talks with these two good guys on the […]