11/11/20 Free Online Training: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION SUCCESS

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST Register Register on Eventbrite Build fundamental skills essential to presenting in a virtual environment. Virtual Presentation Success introduces you to the unique virtual presentation environment, familiarizes you with common platform tools (specifically in Zoom), and digs deep on how to design a presentation to […]

10 Uses for Sticky Notes in Speaking

#1: Storyboard your speech #2: Plan your book or blog content #3: Reminders #4: Clean your keyboard #5: Brief speech notes #6: Practice eye contact #7: Stage movement #8: Mark reference to read in speech #9: Audience activities #10: Have fun! Be creative

10 Ways to Make a “Boring” Workshop Topic Exciting

Have you ever wondered how to create engagement for a “dry” or “boring” topic? Recently, at the end of a 90-minute workshop I conducted on “Email Etiquette,” for a staff development day for an online public school (on-site meeting), the principal walked up to me with a big smile on his face, “I wondered how you could make […]

Create Content Experts in 20 Minutes

Workshops are designed to give people practical takeaways, but all too often, there is just too much content to cover.  Of course, the easiest solution is to reduce the content, but sometimes the content to be covered is prescribed, such as training employees on new methods and procedures or, covering all the officer duties for […]

It’s the Debriefing that Matters!

The first question was “How do you feel?” Smug. That’s how I felt when I watched two people bid on a $10 bill.  The “winning” bid was $34. Human nature is so predictable! You may be thinking, What? $34 for a $10 bill.  What’s wrong with that picture? The “$10 Auction” was an activity during a […]