by Trish Springsteen | Jun 19, 2011 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Women in Business
It was a networking breakfast at the crack of dawn. I had risen early, collected the other partner, and we had driven off across the city. The sun had barely crossed the horizon and the temperature was hovering around ‘officially winter’. And...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 15, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Back in the 90’s this was a phrase going the rounds – ‘Talk to the Hand … coz the ears aren’t listening!”It was a rather rude way of saying ‘Shut up, stop talking to me because I am not going to listen to you!”Why did that pop into my head recently...
by Trish Springsteen | Jun 2, 2011 | Personal Development
Well it is for me, anyway. I am not sure how it came about, but gradually I have come to look upon the move into Winter as a time to reconfigure my working space.It is true that being a military person I found that neatness and tidiness were attributes to be...
by Trish Springsteen | May 15, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“And now I’d like to move onto the expected financial expenditure for the next three months. Balanced against the improved performance in sales, demonstrated state wide, and the percentage increase on returns on investment …..”Ah! Financial reports; don’t...
by Trish Springsteen | May 13, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
One of the prices paid by being a Communication Trainer is that I rarely listen to other people’s presentations without making a performance assessment with some suggestions for improvement. It may be good practice, but it means I can focus on the delivery and...
by Trish Springsteen | May 9, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
“I will do all I can to help you understand, and you must strain every nerve to follow what I am saying.” Plato – SymposiumIt is an unfortunate fact of public speaking that many people worry terribly about such things as being nervous; organising their...
