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 […]

Body Language Tips for the Boardroom

Is it a good thing to centre your hands while speaking? Hello fellow communicators! Do you often wonder how you could improve the results of your meetings and presentations in the boardroom?  Do you wish you could read the body language and non-verbal communications of business people across the table from you during negotiations?  Well […]

The Body Language of a Warrior

The 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 […]

Some People Have Real Difficulty With Public Speaking but Have No Choice!

I salute those that are striving to improve their public speaking 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 was never used to or trained in how to […]

So, what are the qualities of a good speaker?

Here are a list of the qualities and characteristics of a good public speaker/presenter. Make sure you include these points when you have to speak in public. 1. They talk to us as though we are having a conversation 2. They speak our language 3. They look as though they are enjoying themselves. 4. They […]

How to Introduce a Speaker and How to Be Introduced

(Communication Strategies from David Greenberg’s Simply Speaking, Inc.® ‘Forget Your Title, We’re All in Sales!’® http://www.davidgreenberg.com) Topic: How to Introduce a Speaker and How to Be Introduced The speaker introduction is an often overlooked, but vitally important part of setting the stage for a successful presentation. When you accept an invitation to speak it is […]

The Rule of 75%

I had a fantastic time training the wonderful, energetic group of participants over the last weekend, at our 3V communication course. The first day focused on interpersonal skills and the second more on professional skills and public speaking. Anyway, unfortunately due to my over-zealousness to try to give the group all of my best information, […]