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May 2, 2022
3 Top Reasons to Create a Power Skills Training Plan
If I were to tell you the future success of your company hinges on your employees’ ability to communicate, you may think that’s a bit simplistic. After all, it takes many different roles and skillsets to make your company work. What about accounting? Or IT? Or operations? That line of thinking is understandable. For years, [...] continue reading
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April 27, 2022
3 Steps to a Clear Message Strategy
I can’t help but chuckle remembering my early career as a magazine editor (in the late 1990s) when I would receive media pitches by fax. Product marketers had to be savvy to stand out in the ream of paper that collected on my desk. In some ways, the stakes were higher back then. There were [...] continue reading
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April 25, 2022
3 Lessons Learned From the Return to Hybrid Presenting
You can call it a comeback—we’ve been here already. Long before closets became home offices and kitchen tables doubled as desks, we had hybrid work environments. Maybe a small portion of your team was remote. Maybe your event brought some customers and clients onsite while others attended via live stream. Maybe an employee felt too [...] continue reading
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April 14, 2022
Communication Is the #1 Skill for 2022
Communication can be difficult when you’re in the same room. So what happens when you’re separated by screens and time zones? The COVID-19 pandemic revealed what once could be considered a communication gap was quickly becoming a gaping divide. Even now, two years later, business professionals are still grappling with how to overcome this challenge. [...] continue reading
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April 5, 2022
Lessons From the Great Career Reshuffle: L&D Is More Important Than Ever
Call it the “great resignation” or the “great reshuffle,” 2021 marked a pivotal, and unprecedented, time in the American workforce. Millions of American workers walked away from jobs across all industries and geographic regions. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, more than 3.95 million workers on average quit their jobs every month in [...] continue reading
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Lessons from the Great Career Reshuffle: L&D is More Important than Ever
Call it the “great resignation” or the “great reshuffle,” 2021 marked a pivotal, and unprecedented, time in the American workforce. Millions of American workers walked away from jobs across all industries and geographic regions. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, more than 3.95 million workers on average quit their jobs every month in [...] continue reading
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January 11, 2022
Build These Physical and Verbal Communication Skills to Deliver a Better Virtual Presentation
With a new year upon us, we propose a collective resolve to make 2022 the Year of the Empathetic Virtual Presenter. You can captivate your virtual audience by honing your verbal communication skills and body language. Establishing quick rapport is important. According to a 2017 psychological study published by the University of Toronto, most people [...] continue reading
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December 1, 2021
Q&A: Master the Skill of Virtual Presentations
In our recent webinar Master the Skill of Virtual Presentations we received many thoughtful questions. Here Patti Sanchez, our Chief Strategy Officer and author of the new book Presenting Virtually: Communicate and Connect With Online Audiences, answers the top questions collected so you can improve your own virtual communication. What is the optimum amount of [...] continue reading
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November 22, 2021
Drive Sales With These Virtual Presentation Tips
Think back to the last time you traveled through the airport and how much goes into catching a flight. Show up two hours early, park in a distant cornfield, ride shuttles and trams, struggle through security (shoes on or off?) and walk miles of tunnels to your gate. These are just a few of the [...] continue reading
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Drive Sales with These Virtual Presentation Tips
Think back to the last time you traveled through the airport and how much goes into catching a flight. Show up two hours early, park in a distant cornfield, ride shuttles and trams, struggle through security (shoes on or off?) and walk miles of tunnels to your gate. These are just a few of the [...] continue reading
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