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Two Guiding Principles for Effective Meetings and Presentations

Dale Ludwig
July 30, 2024 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations, The Orderly Conversation

Two Guiding Principles for Effective Meetings and Presentations

We shot a few videos recently focusing on some of the fundamental aspects of our work. Here are two that define meetings and presentations as...

Meeting the Hybrid Challenge

Barbara Egel
April 15, 2024 0 Comments

Meetings

Group of people around a table conducting a hybrid meeting with people on a monitor joining virtually.

Like it or not, hybrid meetings (some people in a room together and others logging in virtually) seem to be here to stay. We’ve all...

Three Steps to Improve Listening Skills

Dale Ludwig
April 15, 2024 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations

Four people actively listening to the speaker in a meeting at a round table.

Active listening is one of the many communication skills we help our clients develop in our communication skills workshops. Like so many communication skills, we...

Effective Meetings Start with a Clear Purpose and Context

Barbara Egel
February 29, 2024 0 Comments

Meetings

Speech bubble that says “Today’s Agenda”

We were in the midst of a complex, multi-part training at a Fortune 500 company, and the topic of conversation was employees being invited to...

How a Simple Nod Can Make Business Communication Better

Dale Ludwig
February 29, 2024 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations, Training, Virtual Communication

Man intently listening to his two colleagues during a meeting

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...

The Power of Paper – Why Meeting Notes Are Still An Important Tool

Greg Owen-Boger
October 31, 2023 0 Comments

Meetings

Recently, a learner asked me a seemingly simple question: Should she take notes during the course of a meeting? She wondered if notetaking was an...

When Presenting, “The Ask” Doesn’t Have to Be Aggressive, Just Specific

Dale Ludwig
August 15, 2023 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations

Red Bullhorn What's the Ask graphic for setting specific goals

Recently we delivered a workshop for a group of staff members at a Big Ten university. The group was made up of leaders from various...

Adapting to Your Default Approach for Better Business Presentations

Dale Ludwig
August 15, 2023 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations, Subject Matter Experts

One of the benefits of defining business presentations as Orderly Conversations® is that we can guide learners’ improvement based on their individual responses to the...

When Sales Leaders Need to Demonstrate “Cause in the Matter”

Greg Owen-Boger
July 18, 2023 0 Comments

Case Studies, Leadership, Meetings, Presentations, Virtual Communication

Women sitting in front of monitors during virtual meeting in this Case Study

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers...

Your Business Communication Motto: Make it Easy! 

Barbara Egel
June 15, 2023 0 Comments

Meetings, Presentations

Executive director woman using business communication during a conference meeting

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...

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