Five Things VIRTUAL Learners Want Us to Know
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, [...]
Turpin Cares Recap 2021
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. [...]
Should You Practice or Rehearse for Your Next Business Presentation?
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 [...]
Leadership That Fosters Successful Hybrid Meetings
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 [...]
Shaping Employees’ Soft Skills Through Tailored Onboarding
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 [...]
Business Success Depends on Soft Skills
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 [...]
Being Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part II
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 [...]
Being Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part I
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 [...]
Hybrid Meetings: Managing the Focal Point
One thing the pandemic has shown is that people can work efficiently from home. A lot of major corporations, including Salesforce, Google, and Amazon, are working on a [...]
Greg Celebrates 25 Years with Turpin
July 2020 marks Greg’s 25th year with Turpin Communication! So, it’s time to say congratulations and send out a very big “Thank You” to him. Some [...]