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Read Your Work Aloud – Your Communication Tip of the Day from Judith Crist (via Roger Ebert)

First Friday Book Synopsis

So, here is your communication tip of the day: [.]. A good speech (“presentation”) is always good for two reasons: you have something worthwhile to say, and then you say it very well. Read this blog post, 2 Ways to Guarantee a Failed Presentation, for a refresher on these basics). You keep working at it, to get better.

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A Zoom Job Interview: How to Zoom in to Your Strengths

HR Digest

To ensure this does not happen, we have compiled a few video interview tips to help you successfully navigate the next one. Will Rogers said, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” You might follow all the Zoom interview tips listed here, but that is only half the job done. Can you a video interview?

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Hook The Attention of Your Audience – Your Communication tip of the day from Roger Ebert

First Friday Book Synopsis

On how to write ‘fast’ “[In high school] I was a subscriber to the Great Lead Theory, which teaches that a story must have an opening paragraph so powerful that it leaves few readers still standing. Grantland Rice’s ‘Four Horsemen’ lead was my ideal.

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Max’s Leadership Touch

Lead Change Blog

While you are here I would like you to rub her arms and her legs with the tip of your finger. Humorist Will Rogers is credited with saying, “People learn from observation, not conversation.” “For the next several months, you will be the surrogate father,” she told him. “I I want you to come see her everyday.

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Constraint Kick Starts Creativity

Lead Change Blog

She even made a tip jar! Roger Bannister defied the boundary of a four-minute mile run. With her big sisters’ help, she found a $5 book on how to make balloon animals, bought the air pump and the balloons on a loan from mom, and set up her stand. When asked what she could make, she proudly insisted, “ a doggie, a panda, and a cat.”

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Weekly Round-Up: On Effective Speaking, Taming Email & Being a Purposeful Leader

leaderCommunicator

They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network. Successful Organizations Need Leaders At All Levels Roger Trapp, Forbes “Anybody who has ever watched interviews with managers or coaches of professional sports teams will have heard plenty of discussion of the need for…”.

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Workplace and Life Advice You Can Use

Leading Blog

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). Offer specific examples and tips. The book is organized around 10 topics.

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