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Five Simple Tips to Find the Right Words

If you’re like most professionals, you’ve had the experience of poring over an important document, e-mail or report that you’ve written, trying to make sure that you’ve chosen just the right words to convey your message. Unfortunately, in spoken communication you don’t have the luxury of time to choose your words quite as carefully. However […]
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Make LinkedIn Your Business Communication Power Tool: A guest blog by Marc W. Halpert

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 Marc W. Halpert, nationwide LinkedIn trainer and evangelist. His third concurrent company, connect2collaborate.com, spreads his LinkedIn and networking message. He trains […]
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Why Does Donald Trump Sniffle?

This is a question asked to me by Inside Edition…twice. Over the course of the second debate, Trump was noted to sniffle 92 times: why? There are many theories, but as a speech coach I would like to focus on three in particular that are related to public speaking. Misused compensatory techniques: I teach my […]

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 […]