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How To Use Eye Contact To Connect With Your Audience

Eye contact is an important tool of connection. In our daily interactions, we use direct eye contact to show we are listening, convey feelings, express our emotions,...

Customer Service Questions: Ask the Right Ones

I called my wireless service provider and spent 45 minutes on hold waiting to speak to a supervisor. I wish that statement above was the setup to a joke with a feisty an...

Punctuation Is a Sign of Respect

Punctuation provides structure and organization to written language. Has your smartphone gotten you into bad habits where it comes to punctuation? If the answer is yes, t...

Revising and Proofreading

So, it is over. You have finally finished the first draft! A quick proofread and you can be done, right? Not quite. Whether you are writing a proposal, a gr...

What To Say When You Are Networking

At a loss for words? How about we share 5 Questions you should ask everyone you meet at your next networking event. Maybe that will help.  The last time I went t...

It’s an “Inside Job” — Internal Customer Service

Who are my Internal Customers? An internal customer is someone you interact with in the organization as a regular part of your job. They can be external to the company,...

Make The Pitch Stand Out

Where Does It All Go Wrong?! We have all sat in on many sales presentations, and both internally or by an outside solution provider. But it is so obvious when it is j...

How to Give a Colleague Feedback on Presentation

Feedback helps speakers understand what strengths they have and any areas of improvement needed. One of the best ways to grow your presentation skills is doing dry r...

How Introverts Can Deliver Exceptional Talks When Speaking in Public

The Perception Often, we think of great speakers as people who are personable, funny, and extroverted. Just because you might be introverted, doesn't mean you can't f...