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		<description><![CDATA[New FREE VIDEO TRAINING session. Click Here to Watch This Video. DANGER PHRASE: &#8220;Our Policy.&#8221; Have you heard this or said this at work at the beginning of your sentences? Don&#8217;t make that mistake again. In today&#8217;s effective professional communication training lesson delivered by expert communication trainer and motivational keynote speaker Dan O&#8217;Connor, you&#8217;ll learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Communication Skills Training From History</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Dealing with Difficult Children Made Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/boundary-statements-professional-communication-skills-trainer-keynote-speaker-difficult-people</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/boundary-statements-professional-communication-skills-trainer-keynote-speaker-difficult-people#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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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>How do I get rid of Davey&#8217;s Sniper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Mr. Dan: I have a question for you about dealing with a guy in my office whose business is being mean. He is always sniping at people, and won&#8217;t back off. There is one guy in the office who this sniper guy hates, apparently. This very timid guy named Davey is always the butt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Give Me Some Tips for Delivering Difficult Messages?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dan: I think I need to polish my assertive communication skills. I&#8217;ve recently been promoted to supervisor in a government agency, and I have have difficult conversations with people who are my friends, and used to be my coworkers on the same level. Can you give me some communication tips for telling people when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How am I Supposed to Say No?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dan, So you’re a professional communications trainer and speaker. Tell me&#8211;My manager says that I sound like I work at the DMV when I say no to people. She says I’m supposed to say it more diplomatically (whatever that means) and that knowing how to say no in a professional way is part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I deserve an explanation&#8230;my boyfriend dumped me.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dan: My boyfriend dumped me with no explanation. I think I deserve one. How do I get him to tell me what’s going on? Scorned in Schenectady. Dear Scorned: I always receive questions during my communication training seminars, and letters from my onsite training clients, asking me how to get their spouse/significant other/boss/friend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Co-Worker is Sick and Twisted</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/183</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get very poor energy from her; and needless to say, I have given her permission to take all of of mine as I literally despise coming to work.........Please help!
Stressed Out in Saratoga Springs
Dear Stressed:
Wow, sounds like you really are having a miserable time. Let me take one issue at a time:  
For the sick jokes that are usually at someone else's expense, it sounds as though she would be what we would call the sniper.]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Dan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASK DAN FOR HELP! Do you need help dealing with difficult people?  Could you use some assistance with stress management? How about concrete tactics and scripts for raising your level of communication in the workplace? Do you have any customer service or workplace communication challenges? How about harassment or diversity questions? Ask Dan! He’ll be [...]]]></description>
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