In addition to being a trainer for Turpin, I’ve spent many years teaching communication to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. In the course of teaching...
read moreMake it Easy: Be Careful with Acronyms and Jargon
November 22, 2022
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A crucial but often neglected part of successful business communication is making it easy for your audience to understand what you are communicating. The use...
read moreMake Participating Easy
April 3, 2017
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In this video, produced by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Greg Owen-Boger, Turpin’s VP, discusses making learning easy for learners. Greg here with Turpin Communication....
read moreHow a Simple Nod Can Make Business Communication Better
February 29, 2024
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We spend a lot of time helping people succeed as trainers, meeting facilitators, and presenters. That work focuses on helping people initiate and manage the...
read moreReduce the Cognitive Load: How Presenters Can Make It Easier for Their Audiences
November 8, 2023
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Something we can all relate to is being confused when sitting through a presentation. The presenter is talking in circles, and the slide on the...
read moreWhen You Didn’t Make the Slides You’re Delivering
August 7, 2015
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Sometimes in workshops, we discover that our learners are working with slides or whole decks they didn’t create, and some of these slides are not...
read moreKeeping Your Presentation Fresh When Your Content Stays the Same
September 26, 2023
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Anyone in the position of having to deliver similar content on a repeat basis faces the problem of how to keep things fresh. Maybe you’re...
read moreShould You Practice or Rehearse for Your Next Business Presentation?
December 27, 2021
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Greg, Turpin Communication’s VP, has written a couple of great blog posts on preparing yourself to deliver presentations and training sessions. Don’t Overlook These Steps...
read moreShowing and Telling: Effective Slide Delivery
June 28, 2021
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Learners come into our workshops absolutely certain of one hard-and-fast rule: never ever read from your slides. They look pretty bewildered when we respond with,...
read moreFor Leaders Who Expect Better Communication from Employees: 5 Ways to Achieve It
August 18, 2016
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As a leader, you expect your employees’ business communication to be effective and efficient. But is it? Too often, it’s not. (I’ve written about the business...
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