One lasting effect of the pandemic has been an upheaval in people’s expectations of where and how they work. Job-seekers are targeting remote-only positions that...
read moreThree Reasons You May Need an Executive Presentation Coach
June 13, 2022
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Most “business-y” jobs, whether for-profit or non-profit, involve business presentations. From the bottom of the org chart to somewhere in the middle, most people’s presentations...
read moreBusiness Success Depends on Soft Skills
May 18, 2022
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Over the last several decades, our economy has shifted from one with lots of rote work, whether blue-collar or white-collar, to one in which routine...
read moreFive Things VIRTUAL Learners Want Us to Know
January 26, 2022
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A while back, I wrote a blog post about what learners really want trainers to know about their experience and expectations in a learning environment,...
read moreTurpin Cares Recap 2021
January 10, 2022
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Back in December 2015, a few of us at Turpin Communication, along with a few friends, assembled 10 care packages for homeless people in Chicago....
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 moreLeadership That Fosters Successful Hybrid Meetings
August 12, 2021
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In other blog posts, we’ve been talking about hybrid meetings: how to lead them successfully, how to practice good participation behaviors, and even how to...
read moreShaping Employees’ Soft Skills Through Tailored Onboarding
July 28, 2021
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We’ve previously talked about the crisis in soft skills in corporate America—clear communication, empathic audience analysis, effective meeting skills, and the like. What we’re hearing...
read moreBeing Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part II
April 28, 2021
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For too long, companies such as ours let it be other people’s business to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world. What authority did...
read moreBeing Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part I
April 28, 2021
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For too long, companies such as ours let it be other people’s business to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world. What authority did...
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