April 2016

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Permission to Speak – Leadership Blog – Kelly Vandever Interviews Ed Brill on Lessons from Social Business for Better Leadership

Permission to Speak

Video Blog & Podcast

Hosted by Leadership Communications Expert Kelly Vandever

Permission to Speak is the video blog and podcast that loiters at the intersections of leaders who want their people to speak up, technology that facilitates connections, and results that serve an organization’s higher purpose.

Our guest for this episode: Ed Brill

Topics covered include:

– Early computer connectivity, connecting people & ideas
– Sharing knowledge from the field
– Blogging
– IBM social guidelines (started without HR, Legal and …

Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 Category: Book Recommendations, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Permission to Speak 2 Comments

All Uppercase is Hard to Read

by Tom Nixon

Graphic Design 101: Text, especially in larger quantities, full sentences or small sizes must, above all else, be reader-friendly. It simply has to be easy to read or your audience will not bother to put the effort into digging through it. And to make text the most difficult to read, the most uninviting, set it in ALL CAPS. (When you see all caps in a legal document you can be sure the lawyer who wrote it doesn’t want you to read it).

Using all capital letters …

Monday, April 25th, 2016 Category: Audience, Other Stuff, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tips, Presentation Voice 1 Comment

How to Tell a Darn Good Story

by Natalie Gallagher

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, on a dark and stormy night, people used to sit around the fire at night and tell each other stories. In fact, we were storytellers long before we had even developed a written language; stories connected us, taught valuable lessons, and created a shared history.

Storytelling continues to be integral to who we are, and mastering telling a great story is a great way to connect with any audience. But how do we craft a great story? …

Monday, April 18th, 2016 Tags: better presentations, conflict in storytelling, Improve Your Presenation, purpose in storytelling, skilled storytellers, storytelling, structure in storytelling
Category: Articles, Audience, Communication, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tools, Storytelling in Presentations 5 Comments

Permission to Speak – Leadership Blog – Kelly Vandever Interviews Jacob Morgan on Collaborative Organizations and the Future of Work

Permission to Speak

Video Blog & Podcast

Hosted by Leadership Communications Expert Kelly Vandever

Our guest for this episode: Jacob Morgan

Topics discussed:

– The Future of Work
– Future of Work Podcast
– Author
– The Collaborative Organization
– The Future of Work Community
– Future of Work …

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 Category: Book Recommendations, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Permission to Speak 2 Comments

Give Your Graph A Point of View

by Tom Nixon

Every part of your presentation should move your audience toward the goal that you set for the entire presentation. Simply dumping a data set into a graph in PowerPoint only gives your audience part of the story — just the raw information.

You are the expert. Ideally they want to know what you think, what you have discovered about the subject, and how you see things. Give your charts and graphs a point of view by emphasizing the specific data that is critical to …

Monday, April 11th, 2016 Category: Business Presentations, Conference Presentations, Data and Statistics in Presentations, Leadership in Presentations, PowerPoint Slides, Presentation Tips, Statistics in Presentations, Technical Presentations 3 Comments

What Is Your Organization’s Higher Purpose?

by Kelly Vandever

“What’s your company’s higher purpose? And I don’t mean, an answer like ‘increase shareholder value.’ I mean, what does your organization do that contributes to your customers and/or the world.”

I started asking that of participants in my management classes a few months ago after being inspired by the work of Melissa Gordon.

The answers I’ve received have been fascinating.

I remember asking that question myself when I was a manager for a wireless telecom provider. …

Monday, April 4th, 2016 Category: Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership 4 Comments

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