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Incorporate Stories into your Presentation: Your audience will thank you!

  The key to mastering public speaking is learning to present your message in a way that keeps your audience engaged, and leaves them thinking about your main idea long after you’ve left the stage. A key way to connect with your audience and make your message more memorable is storytelling. Last week we gave […]
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Use Storytelling for a Presentation that Leaves an Impression

Everyone loves a good story. Learning to incorporate stories into your public speaking can make the difference between a boring presentation and one that your audience continues to talk about long after they leave the room. Facts, statistics and jargon can make even the most eager audience member glaze over, but a strong story will […]
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Uplevel Your Sales Communication and Close More Business: A guest blog by Casey Carpenter

  Welcome to First Thursday! On the first Thursday of each month, Corporate Speech Solutions features an expert that has a skill or expertise that will enhance your professional skill set. Today, we’re joined by Casey Carpenter, CEO of The Sales Breakthrough Coach. Casey works with companies to improve their sales communication and sales leadership, […]

Definitely Recommend

Hello Jayne, I had an excellent experience with Mr. Michaels and would recommend his services to someone with similar speech goals. Thank you, Bruce (9/8/16)

A CPA’s Guide to Mastering Speaking and Writing Skills: 3 Easy Tips

By Jayne Latz and Jack Appleman When you chose your career as a CPA, you might not have thought about how well you communicate with others. But poor communication can hurt the bottom line and short-circuit your career. That’s why the accounting profession has identified oral and written communications as two critical skills that CPAs […]
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Practice: The Key to Taking Your Skills to the Next Level

Over the past decade of training professionals to speak with clarity and confidence and training them to use their communication skills to climb the corporate ladder, I’ve found that there is one key factor that separates people who truly take their skills to the next level: practice. Learning techniques and strategies for better communication isn’t […]

Eliminate Slang, Build Business

Verbal shorthand and slang are a natural part of speech for most people. However, words and phrases which seem perfectly normal in casual, social speech are often entirely inappropriate for professional communication. For many people, learning to “code-switch” and eliminate verbal shorthand in a business environment can be tricky. Chances are you use slang and […]
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Do Your Voicemails Get Results?

  If you’re like most professionals, you find that the majority of your phone calls during the workday end with leaving a voicemail. As workdays become increasingly packed, more and more professionals are letting their voicemail serve as their personal secretary, screening incoming calls and then prioritizing who to call back. In order to stand […]

Practice, Practice and More Practice

Hi Jayne, The training is going very well, my last lesson is scheduled for tomorrow morning . Double sessions have worked really well for me after all . Alina has been absolutely  terrific and I feel that  I definitely am geared up with the tools and the guidance how to achieve my goals.  All I […]