Since 1992, Turpin Communication has been dedicated to helping our clients and their employees improve their communication skills. In these 25 years, we’ve always looked...
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Ground Rules for Effective Meetings: A Pledge for Greater Efficiency
Greg Owen-Boger
December 5, 2016
December 5, 2016
This infographic is intended for printing and hanging in your conference rooms. Please let us know if you have any feedback. Business meetings are held to...
read moreIs it Time to Wrangle Your Team’s Life-sucking Meetings?
Greg Owen-Boger
September 20, 2016
September 20, 2016
Over the weekend, I was having coffee on the deck with our friends, Paul and Olive. We were discussing the week ahead. “I have nothing...
read more“I Hate Dry Runs” (How To Make Training Prep Less Torturous)
Dale Ludwig
September 14, 2016
September 14, 2016
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...
read moreEye Contact and Pausing… Is That All You Got?!
Greg Owen-Boger
August 31, 2016
August 31, 2016
Some time back, Dale and I were the guest speakers on a webinar. The topic was about how we’ve redefined business presentations as Orderly Conversations. We were...
read moreFor Leaders Who Expect Better Communication from Employees: 5 Ways to Achieve It
Greg Owen-Boger
August 18, 2016
August 18, 2016
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...
read moreSuccessful Presenters Engage People in a Conversation
Greg Owen-Boger
June 6, 2016
June 6, 2016
As a presenter, when you are engaged in the conversation, you are connected to your thoughts and externally focused on the people you are speaking...
read moreThrow Out the Ground Rules: 5 Things Learners Want Us to Know
Dale Ludwig
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016
Have you ever attended a training event at work that began with the trainer delivering a set of ground rules for the class? If the...
read moreDale Ludwig Receives Training Industry’s Readership Award!
Congratulations to Dale Ludwig, Turpin Communication’s Founder and President, for winning the Training Industry Readership Award at the Training Industry Conference & Expo in Raleigh,...
read moreTaking Time to Pause During a Presentation is a Sign of Respect
Barbara Egel
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
In our business presentation workshops, we sometimes do an exercise in which we stretch the length of a pause—way beyond what would ever be comfortable...
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