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		<title>Professional Communication Skills Training From History</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The written word is food for the soul. I&#8217;ve never picked up a book that didn&#8217;t teach me something (even if all it taught me was that I should immediately put it down). In my courses and training on all aspects of communication, I teach that communication is not all about speaking or writing; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Yourself is Not Selfish; It is Life-Affirming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was reading the meditations of the Dutch spiritualist Henri Nouwen and came across something I want to share with you. Often we struggle with helping those around us until our energies are drained and we have no more to give. Sometimes difficult people drain our energies, and sometimes we are simply helping [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most dealing with difficult people training focuses on difficult coworkers, superiors, or clients. One area often overlooked is dealing with difficult children, and yet that is probably the biggest challenge working parents face. The article below, taken from healthandgoodness.com addresses seven things parents can do to deal with children who are being difficult. Dealing With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The O-N-E Listening Tactic Everyone Needs: Body Language and Communication</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you trying to improve your listening skills, or do you know someone who is? Body language, of course, is key in communication. With this one simple body language tactic, you can instantly transform into an engaged, active listener (the most important communication skill of all). Just remember O-N-E. O-Open posture&#8211;maintain open posture when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Say This&#8211;NOT THAT training video&#8211;DON&#8217;T SAY THIS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DANGER PHRASE: &#8220;Our computers are slow.&#8221; Why would anyone say this? The only reason is that the person in question has never had effective professional communication training. In the next 4 minutes, you can improve your professional communication skills by learning a simple danger phrase (to eliminate) and power phrase (to use) brought to you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to ruin a conversation with a man in just 4 words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 04:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is taken from our latest professional communication training resource, Say This&#8211;NOT THAT!!, due out in June. If you&#8217;d like down-and-dirty tips for communication with your spouse or communicating at work, danger phrases, power phrases, and more, contact us, and we&#8217;ll alert you when the entire book is released. The free resources for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Kill Your Small Business&#8211;Don&#8217;t Have a Professional Communication Plan</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/small-business-communication-training-plan-for-small-businesses-dont-kill-your-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a small business, one of the best ways to ruin your professional image is to NOT have a professional communication strategy. No matter how good you are at what you do, there will be someone else out there who also does what you do--and might not even be as good as you are--but who has a communication plan that leads customers to believe that they are more professional--and therefore more competent--than you are.

Don't let this happen to you. With Professional Communication Strategies for Small Businesses, we can help you formulate a plan. The most common areas of communication overlooked by most business are:

-Having a professional phone greeting; The phone greeting should contain 5 components (power tone, a hello, your organization's name, the employee's name, and an ending question) and should be the same for every single employee]]></description>
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		<title>New Communication Skills Training Book Release: Say This&#8211;Not That!</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/new-communication-skills-training-book-release-say-this-not-that</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/new-communication-skills-training-book-release-say-this-not-that#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for professional communication skills training made easy? Expert communication trainer and motivational keynote speaker Dan O&#8217;Connor announces the upcoming release of Say This&#8211;Not That! This communication training resource gives you power phrases and danger phrases for work and more. Say This&#8211;Not That will be released in may 2011. To be notified when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Professional Communication Training Tour&#8211;Input Please</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/texas-professional-communication-training-tour-input-please</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling all savvy communicators! Our Texas communication tour is about to kick-off, and we&#8217;re looking for your input. Expert communication trainer Dan O&#8217;Connor wants to hear about your communication issues. While we&#8217;re deciding what to include in our upcoming professional communication skills training tour, please tell us what kind of communication skills training you&#8217;d like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOUNDARIES! Learn how to set them using &#8220;Boundary Statements&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Audio Podcast! Dealing with an office bully? In today&#8217;s professional communication skills training podcast, Dan teaches you a simple &#8220;dealing with difficult people&#8221; tactic you can use when people start to cross boundaries. If you deal with Exploders, Steam Rollers, Bullies, or other types of aggressive people, this assertive communication skill can help you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RELATIONSHIP PRINCIPLE #1: I am in Charge of Every Relationship in my Life</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/relationship-keynote-speaker-motivational-inspirational-podcast</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW FREE AUDIO PODCAST This week&#8217;s podcast is the first in a series of three podcasts on relationships. In each of the three podcasts, you&#8217;ll learn about one of the 3 relationship principles that can miraculously transform any relationship. Those three principles are: 1-I am in charge of every relationship in my life 2-There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW FREE AUDIO: Want to be more persuasive? Overcoming Objections with Blacklight Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s professional communication training free audio podcast, expert communication trainer Dan O&#8217;Connor teaches you how to overcome objections using a simple, effective communication strategy called, &#8220;The Blacklight Question.&#8221; Click here to go to our free podcast page and listen to this audio. Could several people in your organization benefit from this type of communication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Power Phrases + 1 Theory = Communication SuperHero (YOU)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s professional communication skills training podcast, Dan teaches you how to implement one of the most important and powerful business principles:  You are not here (at work) to teach other people lessons; you are here to learn lessons from other people. How can you implement that? Using simple Power Phrases often, and with everyone. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Great Ways to Ruin Your Professional Image</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/professional-visual-communication-training-motivational-keynote-speaker</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s your visual communication skills training for the day brought to you by on-site communication trainer and motivational keynote speaker Dan O&#8217;Connor: Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if we lived in a world where we were judged&#8211;and promoted&#8211;solely on our professional ability? Well, we don&#8217;t, and &#8220;Professional Communication Skills&#8221; does not  refer only to words. Everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Golden Rules of Cell Phone Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/three-golden-rules-of-cell-phone-etiquette</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s your professional communication skills training for the day delivered to you by your favorite communication trainer and motivational keynote speaker Dan O&#8217;Connor. What does your cell phone&#8211;and the way you use it&#8211;say about you? Follow these three golden rules of cell phone etiquette to avoid making the most common cell phone faux pas: 1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2-Steps to Developing Knock-Out Power Phrases</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/2-steps-to-developing-and-using-power-phrases-at-work-communication-training</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/2-steps-to-developing-and-using-power-phrases-at-work-communication-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the goals that all professional communicators must strive to achieve is staying in the response mode and staying out of the reaction mode. Today, I&#8217;m bringing the on-site communication training right to you. I&#8217;m just that kind of trainer. The reaction mode is: First thing into the brain=first thing out of the mouth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Steps to Handling a Cry-Baby at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW FREE AUDIO PODCAST: Do you work with people who start to cry when you have to deliver a difficult message to them? Do you work with people who use crying as a tactic to avoid taking blame, accepting responsibility, or communicating assertively? Click here to listen to Dan&#8217;s free professional communication training audio podcast. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The One Magic Power Phrase that Never Fails to Defuse Emotionally Charged or Difficult Customers</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/the-one-magic-power-phrase-that-never-fails-to-defuse-emotionally-charged-or-difficult-customers-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW AUDIO PODCAST: If you deal with emotionally charged or difficult people at work, you need power phrases to help you navigate through those difficult professional communication situations. Power phrases such as the one in today’s virtual on-site professional communication training podcast helps you immediately increase your communication power, deal with difficult people, and communicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 4-Step &#8220;Disengage to Stop the Rage&#8221; Process for De-Stressing at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW AUDIO PODCAST: HELP ME DAN! I get WAAAY to stressed out at work. My customers make me crazy&#8230; ANSWER: There&#8217;s a reason why Zebras don&#8217;t get ulcers. Their brains stop releasing stress hormones as soon as the stress factor is gone (according to Robert Zapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don&#8217;t Get Ulcers). Our brains, [...]]]></description>
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