Conversational Skills

how to express yourself better

How to Express Yourself Better in 7 Steps

Do you have ideas you’re trying to convey to others, and you just can’t seem to express yourself? Do you ever feel like you can’t even tell a story? You could be in the middle of telling a story, and you keep overexplaining and using way too many words. Or you never can get to …

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How to Be an Excellent Communicator

How to Be an Excellent Communicator

Did you know that they used to teach children communication skills up until about 200 years ago? Yup. It was a priority. Children learned to make their case, the art of conversation (small talk), how to introduce themselves and others, and much more.  Ever wonder why you have a hard time giving a presentation? Why …

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Why You Need a Communication Skills Coach

Do you ever find yourself with good (or even brilliant!) ideas that you want to share, but when you try to articulate them, your message doesn’t come out as mellifluously as you imagined? Did you ever finish your presentation, sit down & later realize you forgot an important concept you wanted to deliver? Have you …

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how to stop being interrupted

How to Stop Being Interrupted

Are you being interrupted frequently? Does it happen in many of your meetings? Being interrupted is not fun, and it can make you feel insignificant and like your words have no meaning. But this doesn’t have to be. You can learn the techniques to keep from being interrupted. If you’re only being interrupted once in …

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how to remember names

How to Remember Names & What to Do When You Don’t

Do you remember faces but forget names? Have you ever avoided saying “hello” to someone because you forgot their name? I mean, literally, turned your head to pretend you don’t see that person, so you can avoid having to admit you forgot their name? We all feel gawdawful about it when we forget people’s names. …

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how to get people to like you

How to Get People to Like You in 9 Easy Steps

We all know that person to whom everyone gravitates—the guy who makes everyone laugh, leads conversations, and tells suspenseful stories.  He somehow gets everyone to like him! He’s like a people magnet. Everyone wants to be around him and be like him. He’s sought-after for jobs and projects. Did you think every charming & charismatic person …

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how to be a great conversationalist

How to Be a Great Conversationalist-Even if You’re Shy

How do great conversationalists do it? How do they know how to connect with people and make them feel good? How do they diffuse difficult situations so well and make everyone feel great? They get people to like them immediately, they have a cool verbal brand and they’re super confident. They also know how to be …

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how to succeed at virtual meetings

How to Rock Your Virtual Meetings-15 Tips to Being the Superstar

Let me ask you this: How many times has someone been speaking in a meeting, especially a virtual one, and you just tuned out? Probably more often than not. Your whole being doesn’t want to be there in the first place, but yes, you are trying to listen and understand. But for some reason, after …

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