Mental Health & Workplace Culture
Eagle County Businesses Prioritize Mental Health Training
“What we can do is we can see people who feel better equipped to deal with a lot of challenges in the workplace.” -David P. Otey
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Mental Health & Workplace Culture
The Price of Not Speaking Up
“But we’re in the communication business!” We have all heard (or said) those words. Usually after something has gone wrong. What was it, exactly, that wasn’t communicated? Perhaps it was…
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Speaking & Presentations
Avoid these three mistakes when writing your introduction
My reaction to a couple of speeches I heard recently has prompted me to write today about introductions. I don’t mean the opening of your speech. I mean the introduction…
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Communication & Storytelling
3 Ways a speaker can build trust
As Amy Cuddy writes in her book Presence, research has shed light on how people (including your audiences) form those all-important first impressions. The two questions they are looking to…
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Speaking & Presentations
“How can I sound more conversational?”
Just the other day, someone asked me, “David, how can I sound more conversational when I speak, like you?” I was flattered, and pleased that the person noticed. I do…
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Speaking & Presentations
“Don’t repeat my rookie mistakes!”
How well I remember my first public presentation! It was at a national convention of broadcast engineers, circa 1990. Big meeting room, sparsely populated. Lights dimmed to favor the projection…
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Communication & Storytelling
One simple tool for putting your audience’s needs first
Several years ago, I helped judge a college speech contest. The reason I remember that event specifically is because of a memorable student I met there named Rodrigo, from Brazil.…
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Speaking & Presentations
“The Art of the Q and A”
Congratulations: you’ve sufficiently overcome your fear of public speaking to get up in front of an audience and give that presentation you’ve been practicing. But wait! Now there is a…
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Speaking & Presentations
What are you rehearsing?
“Nothing at the moment,” I hear you reply. Of course, we know speakers must rehearse their speeches, but that’s not the type of rehearsal that is the subject of this…
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Speaking & Presentations
Don’t give another presentation without asking these 8 questions!
Every speaker wants to connect with the audience. Without connection, no transformation takes place. Information alone is not enough to engage the listener and forge the emotional connection that will…
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