by clearmessages | Dec 26, 2013 | Monthly Memo
How do you respond when feedback is offered to you? It can be helpful, critical or just plain off-the-wall, but how do you take it? It can be a measure of your maturity, a test by a boss, a quick side comment or a turning point in your life. How you respond can be as...
by clearmessages | Nov 26, 2013 | Monthly Memo
If you have just a few seconds how do you describe your work? Think about it. The elevator speech is meant to captivate someone in just a few seconds – as if you were riding down from the CEO’s office in an elevator and had just a small window of time to explain your...
by clearmessages | Oct 30, 2013 | Monthly Memo
A few months back I talked about putting together a great speaker program. There is a lot of material in that topic and for this Monthly Memo I zero in on how to manage the podium at an event. If ever you are called upon to play a part in a banquet or...
by clearmessages | Sep 27, 2013 | Monthly Memo
As the football craze surrounds us this time of year it brings to mind a simple question: “What makes a great coach?” From that question I thought it would be time to share some insights on the coaching process in the presentation world. You may hate public...
by clearmessages | Aug 28, 2013 | Monthly Memo
Having just left a conversation with a Corporate Communications VP I respect a great deal, I now have a topic for my 100th Monthly Memo! This Exec was saying how hard it is to jump back into the company spokesperson role after being away from it for a time –...
by clearmessages | Jul 30, 2013 | Monthly Memo
Most of the time here on the Monthly Memo we talk about dealing with live audiences or the media, but sometimes your most important audience is in front of you during a 20 minute talk. Some of the same rules apply in that critical conversation and, based on a...
