One of the most important things for business communicators to understand is the distinction between a speech and a presentation. They are not the same....
read moreGetting Presentations Started: How to set context and manage nervousness
February 20, 2019 0 Comments
Many presenters ask us about the best way to get their presentations started. They say that once the conversation gets going, they’re fine. But getting...
read more4 Ways to Progress from a Trainer to a ‘Thinking Coach’
April 12, 2018 0 Comments
If you are a trainer or a SME who delivers training, one of your major responsibilities, and possibly one of your major challenges, is knowing...
read more25 Lessons Over 25 Years
August 29, 2017 0 Comments
August 29, 2017 marks Turpin’s twenty-fifth anniversary. That’s an exciting and satisfying thing for me to think about. Strangely, I’m writing this at the office...
read moreWhat we wish everyone knew about meeting behavior
August 22, 2017 0 Comments
In previous blogs, I’ve written about the need for meeting facilitators to initiate and manage the conversation that takes place during meetings and about how team presentations...
read moreWhat Everyone Ought to Know About Delivering Team Presentations
July 31, 2017 0 Comments
I’ve written a lot about how important it is for presenters to initiate and manage a genuine conversation with their audiences—how it’s the presenter’s responsibility...
read more8 Tried-and-True Steps to Building Trust
July 6, 2017 0 Comments
When we wrote about Turpin’s culture in the fall of 2016, we had no idea who it might lead us to. As friends do, they lead you...
read moreCommunicate Like a Leader
June 28, 2017 0 Comments
Communication is an Essential Leadership Skill I recently watched a TED talk by Simon Sinek called “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe.” His talk...
read moreChange of Plan—You’re Delivering THESE Slides Instead
May 30, 2017 0 Comments
We are always looking for new ways to improve the impact that we have on our clients, their teams, and the portion of the business...
read more“I Hate Dry Runs” (How To Make Training Prep Less Torturous)
September 14, 2016 0 Comments
Recently we were working with a group of trainers in a facilitation skills training workshop. During a conversation about how they preferred to prepare, one...
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