You’d better sit down for this one… but don’t stop moving. Dean addresses that flat, boring, uninspiring “TV” you all are bringing to all your virtual and hybrid meetings. You tell us you want to accomplish connections like you do in person, but you’re not behaving on screen anywhere close to how you do in person. Dean offers simple ideas to bring your virtual participation into the three-dimensional world.
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Aristotle was a pretty smart guy, and figured out quite a bit about how to communicate effectively. Interviewing is a crucible where effective communication is crucial. You have to figure out how to be as memorable as possible without wasting a moment to rote repetition. In my latest post, I share our formula for how to update Aristotle’s advice and apply it to the interview.
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There’s a poetry to speaking, and you’re no poet. In today’s post, Dean talks about how the practice of rhyming off-stage helps you bring more poetry to your improvisational speaking. The goal isn’t to rhymes in the presentation, but to develop the skill of finding words that combine better to make more elegant articulations as you speak from the heart.
If you’re a leader who wants to bring more charismatic influence and inspiration to your presentations, we can help you here.
One of the biggest things that can get in the way of confident presence is worrying about whether your audience likes you. This is a natural concern – and in many ways, a healthy one. In this post, Pete shares how to get it out of your way.
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Struggling to find your natural speaking voice? Do you find yourself clinging to a script only to come off sounding forced? In today’s post, Dean gives you a simple way to think of speaking that will set you free and let the words grow themselves.
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Whether they’re pitching their firm’s services or presenting to inspire their team, some professionals get hung up around a certain circumstance. In today’s post, Pete discusses that circumstance, and says YES, getting hung up here is GOOD.
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A lot of interview teams are worried about coming across as pushy in their interviews, and so they choose to simply present information. We believe that’s a mistake, and tends to lead to lost opportunities.
In today’s post, Dean talks about winning by making a clear and bold case for your solution — taking a stand for the value of your solution.
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There’s an old saying that goes, “When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail to you.” This is often said as a cautionary tale about presuming that your solution is the answer to every problem you come across. But sometimes, your prospect doesn’t realize they have a nail — and you’re the perfect hammer to pound that nail in perfectly.
In today’s post, Pete tells a story about this positive possibility.
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Many of us view a valuable presenting experience as everything aligning, landing the pitch, and succeeding, but presenting doesn’t always go that way. In today’s post, Dean shares some advice he learned for when presenting doesn’t go as hoped.
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Teams that are preparing for a big project interview are already feeling a fair amount of stress. They don’t want to let each other down, they don’t want to disappoint leadership, and they really don’t want to look bad in front of strangers. Which is why it can be particularly problematic to bring guests into the prep room at inopportune times.
In this post, Pete shares his thoughts about when to bring guests in, and what to have them do and not do at key moments in your prep process, to maximize the value that your team can get from them.
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