Posts Tagged ‘keynote speaker’
3 Power Phrases + 1 Theory = Communication SuperHero (YOU)
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
In today’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. And if you want to be a SuperHero father or mother, and SuperHero partner–practice this principle at home, as well. Today Dan helps you practice three Power Phrases that will help you implement the principle: You are not here to teach other people lessons; you are here to learn lessons from other people.
Get all of our communication training audio podcasts instantly–for free–on our podcast page. Could your organization use professional communication skills trainer? Check out expert communication trainer Dan O’Connor’s Keynote and course schedule. Looking for a motivational keynote speaker specializing in communication or dealing with difficult people? Contact us today to see how you can get the speaking or on-site training you need while staying within your budget.
NEW FREE AUDIO: Don’t be a communication weakling! These Danger Phrases and Power Phrases will help.
Monday, July 26th, 2010
NEW FREE STREAMING AUDIO: We often hear people say (and we too sometimes make the mistake of saying) “I’m sorry if…” or “I’m sorry but…”
The worst part is, people are usually apologizing for their gifts! You’ll hear things such as, “I’m sorry for being so detail oriented.” or “Well, I’m sorry that I actually care about my job.”
In today’s professional communication training podcast, Dan helps you purge these kinds of phrases and replace them with powerful ones with the use of a Danger Phrase and Power Phrase list. Click here to listen to today’s free audio podcast. It’s the first podcast album entitled, “Professional Communication Tactics” on our podcasts page. (more…)
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Elena Kagan and her 4-Tiered Communication Strategy That You Can Use too
Monday, July 5th, 2010
NEW FREE STREAMING AUDIO: In our latest Professional Communication Tactics audio series, you’ll learn to use a simple but powerful professional communication strategy most recently used by Elena Kagan during her supreme court confirmation hearings.
Her strategy was a 4-pronged approach:
1-stay on message
2-use the broken record
3-don’t take the bait, and (more…)
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THE LESSON: 5 Principles that Help You Identify It
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Are you struggling to find meaning, or learn a lesson from some tragic event or difficult person in your life? In today’s free inspirational podcast brought to you by motivational keynote speaker and expert professional communication trainer Dan O’Connor, here’s what you’ll learn:
There is a lesson in every struggle we’ve had, or tragedy we’ve been through, but most of us struggle with identifying the real lesson. In today’s inspirational thought for the day, Dan gives you the five principles that all REAL LESSONS have in common:
1) It’s about you
2) It’s positively phrased
3) It’s true for everyone
4) It’s true all the time
5) It’s a simple truth that explains many things
Click here to listen now… (more…)
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Professional Communication Training Tip of the Day–DANGER PHRASE: “In my opinion…”
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Here’s a quick and powerful professional communication skills training lesson from communication trainer and motivational keynote speaker Dan O’Connor:
DANGER PHRASE: “In my opinion…” POWER PHRASE: “I believe…”
When it comes time to give your opinion, don’t diminish the power of your message by prefacing it with something such as, “In my opinion….” Doing so tells the listener, “Well, it’s JUST my opinion, so take it or leave it….”
Sometimes, of course, this is exactly what you mean to say. For example, if you’re the boss, and your employee asks you for feedback, and you’re really not certain that your ideas are spot-on, you might say, “In my opinion,” and the effect is what you intended. However, many up-and-coming executives are uncertain and insecure, (more…)
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Working Miracles: In A Miraculous Instant You Can Release the Hate at Work
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
NEW FREE AUDIO PODCAST: I was recently delivering some on-site communication training followed by a keynote speech, and I threw out what had originally been my keynote address at the last minute, and spoke instead about what the company really needed to overcome negativity at work, and improve their communication skills–they needed a miracle.
If you’re considering professional communication training or a communication keynote speaker (or more specifically training addressing dealing with difficult people and negativity at work), I recommend first asking yourself what the real problem is that you need to deal with. Is it really communication, or is it the negative attitudes and hate among employees that leads to a breakdown in teamwork and communication?
Check out our latest audio podcast about Working Miracles (our newest course) and releasing hate at work, and let me know your thoughts when you’re done listening. I’d love to hear what challenges you’re dealing with right now.
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The Mud Puddles of Our Lives
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Our communication skills are effected by our perspective. When delivering onsite communication seminars or dealing with difficult people workshops and keynote presentations, one of the first things we always discuss is perspective, and how it affects out communication skills and communication success.
So, I live in Guadalajara, Mexico, and I was at our family’s weekend lake place. My mother asked me if I’d like to go to the new malecon they built in the village—to give the dog a good run. In Mexico, malecon is the term given to a concrete walkway, built along a beach.
I told her I didn’t want to because I had just done all the laundry and washed the dog, and we were all so clean–I didn’t want to get the dog dirty. She told me, “Well, don’t walk your dog through the mud! It’s a malecon…that’s why they make them…you can walk down the beach and enjoy the village without going through the mud, you know.”
“No,” I told her, “That dog will find a mud puddle and make a bee-line for it. Trust me.” I have a 1-year old Springer Spaniel who uses Marley and Me as his playbook in life. (more…)
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