Active listening is one of the many communication skills we help our clients develop in our communication skills workshops. Like so many communication skills, we...
read moreHow a Simple Nod Can Make Business Communication Better
February 29, 2024 0 Comments
We spend a lot of time helping people succeed as trainers, meeting facilitators, and presenters. That work focuses on helping people initiate and manage the...
read moreWhen Presenting, “The Ask” Doesn’t Have to Be Aggressive, Just Specific
August 15, 2023 0 Comments
Recently we delivered a workshop for a group of staff members at a Big Ten university. The group was made up of leaders from various...
read moreAdapting to Your Default Approach for Better Business Presentations
August 15, 2023 0 Comments
One of the benefits of defining business presentations as Orderly Conversations® is that we can guide learners’ improvement based on their individual responses to the...
read moreAdapting to a Presentation Space That’s Way Too Big
July 17, 2023 0 Comments
Question: What do you do when delivering a presentation in an entirely inappropriate room for your needs? Recently, I received a couple of questions about this...
read moreShifting Gears
June 10, 2023 0 Comments
A wise learner once said, “Sometimes you just have to shift gears.” This advice came from a leader participating in a presentation skills workshop with...
read moreAnyone Can Be More Effective with Time
May 3, 2023 0 Comments
We learn a lot from the people we work with. Recently, on the last day of a workshop, one of our learners said that the...
read moreBe Yourself—Even If It’s Awkward
April 19, 2023 0 Comments
The Turpin tagline—Find your focus. Be yourself. Only better.—is really simple, and we’ve been using it for years. But we keep finding new resonance in...
read more4 Things Nervous, Over-Preparing Presenters Can Do to Calm Down and Engage
April 14, 2023 0 Comments
I recently delivered a workshop for eight very nervous presenters. They were a great group and talked very frankly about their worries and concerns about...
read moreCommunication Training Vendor Checklist
March 29, 2023 0 Comments
Conducting research and comparing communication training vendors – especially those who focus on human “soft” skills – can be a challenge. There’s very little common...
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