The Presentation Mistake You Don’t Want to Make
A presentation mistake, public speaking mistake, or communication mistake — just don’t do it! A few years ago, I attended a networking group meeting where the organizers [...]
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Posted 3 Simple Communication Steps to Win Over Any Audience
What happens when you have a brilliant idea, and you’re SURE that you’re explaining it well, but your intended recipient or audience just doesn’t “get it?” So [...]
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Posted The Leadership Dilemma: Work You Love vs. Parent Guilt vs. “The Flow” – Is There A Winner?
What do you do when work and ‘parent guilt’ collide? A few weeks ago, after the summer months of staying pretty local, I headed off on my first post-summer work engagement in [...]
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Posted When Transformation Doesn’t Come Naturally….but it Comes Eventually. My interview with on the Find Your Voice, Change Your Life Podcast
Have you ever gotten to a point in your life that you wish things were different, or that you were brought up differently…because maybe THEN you would be someone braver, more confident, and [...]
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Posted When Enough is Enough: Small Decisions That Create BIG Changes (my interview with Nat Mailhot)
I LOVED the opportunity to speak with the amazing Nathalie Mailhot about some of my most frustrating, annoying moments in my career — which were SO frustrating and annoying that I had no [...]
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Posted The Key to Speaking Success (and it’s probably not what you think!)
Having a story to tell does not automatically mean you are ready to stand in front of an audience and share it. You must also consider how to share your message in a way that creates impact and a [...]
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Posted My interview with Gwen Mdinaradze from the Harvard Business School Online Global Chapter
What a pleasure it was to get a chance to do this interview with the Harvard Business School (HBS) Online Global Chapter. Facilitated by Gwen Mdinaradze, the HBS Online Global Chapter lead and [...]
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Posted A VERY important (but often overlooked) issue affecting the success of your presentation – your SHOES!
Do you ever get so nervous about your presentation that you get hyper-focused on WHAT to say and HOW to say it that you don’t give much attention to other things you need the day-of? [...]
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Posted Strategies to exude public speaking confidence (even if you’re not feeling it), and spotlight your voice of leadership. My interview on the ‘Bring Your Voice of Leadership’ podcast with Marc Haine!
You know that famous line, “Fake it ’til you make it”? Sometimes it’s true when giving presentations. You can spend months training and undergoing coaching sessions here [...]
