by Trish Springsteen | Sep 15, 2010 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
I read somewhere that words were the way we made sense of the world around us. And the fluency of our communication is the only difference between animals and humans.But then someone else posed the philosophical question “Do words create our reality or does our...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 12, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
Due to a slight problem I have been computer-less for the weekend. The weather and the arthritis were not conducive to gardening; and the library is still in such a state of flux that reading is somewhat guilt-ridden. I was therefore thrown on the mercies of the...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 11, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
A question we are frequently asked is how do I make my presentations stand out? How can I put the WOW into my presentations? Here are 5 techniques you can use to make your presentations shine.1. Have a great opening to catch the audience’s attention. Look at using...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 5, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
Like Mehrabian before him, Allan Pease created a new concept on the mystery of how we communicate – and I feel, like Mehrabian, his ideas have sometimes been misinterpreted.In Body Language – How to Read Other’s Thoughts by their Gestures* he explains the various...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 20, 2010 | Communication, Public Speaking
The household has been turned upside down and inside out over the last few days. We are re-organising the books – all three thousand plus of them. After moving we had a sort of temporary shelter for our library; mostly in boxes in the garage, but it was understood...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 17, 2010 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking
Have you ever been in a meeting and been asked a question that left you floundering? Only to find 2 hours after the meeting on the way home you think why didn’t I say that and you find yourself coming up with all sorts of wonderful answers. Unfortunately it is a bit...
