by Trish Springsteen | Sep 14, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Interesting Point – how do we persuade others to our point of view?When we need to persuade someone it indicates that they may be unwilling to believe us. There is a great deal of difference between ‘informing’ your audience on the history of climate change; and...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 1, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
It’s the *shudder* old myth again!! Pundits propounding in print about the unimportance of the ‘words’ we use to convey our message. And yet, here we are – together; me at my place and you at yours and all the gestures and body language in the world is not going...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Last time, we looked at the types of relationships that we develop within a working community, and how our communication and expectations of that communication change.The working environment is built on relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, and a variety of...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 21, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
But not the one you splatter over your status on Facebook!Relationships can be with people we choose to know, or with people we have to know. We can choose our friends, but our work colleagues are, like our family, often thrust upon us.The way we communicate...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 10, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“It’s not something I ever do” said Steve, confidentially; “I run my own business, I don’t need public speaking!”I had been talking to a group of business people about the importance of good public speaking skills. And Steve was one of the many who came up to...
