We’ve learned a lot here at Articulation in our role as speaker coaches over the last two decades. As we marked 20 years, we celebrated by compiling a list of our top 20 speaking tips. Take a look at these proven techniques to help improve your speaking performance, reduce anxiety, and avoid common pitfalls. 1. …
Today is the 20th anniversary of my entrepreneurial journey. Many of you know I started as a general communications operative and consultant (Speechwriting, PR, Media, Crisis) and made a hard turn into Executive Speech Coaching and Training after I curated and hosted the first TEDxColumbus event in 2009 with Nancy Kramer. I’ll finally also …
Leaders, Scientists and Innovators from Across the U.S. Now Seek Out Articulation to Help Them be Better Communicators Ruth Milligan is marking 20 years of entrepreneurship, having built one of the most sought out storytelling and communication coaching firms in the country. What began in 2002 as Milligan Communications is now known simply as Articulation. …
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Here at Articulation, we’ve been hard at work coaching clients on everything from transforming talks to hot seat speaker training. And we’ve had some exciting changes on our team. We’re pleased to announce that Acacia Duncan has taken on the role of Director of Training and Coaching. In her newly created position, Acacia will helm …
Connecting in a virtual environment is hard– we all experienced that over the course of the last year as we adjusted to the world of Zoom, Teams, or whatever platform we found ourselves on. While coaching hundreds of speakers and facilitating group meetings and workshops, Articulation discovered how to foster connection by being intentional. Whether …
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In the last few months, we’ve had a few clients who have had this same general story: They report after an important town hall, annual meeting, board presentation, oral pitch…. “The event went…well…okay. It would have been better if everyone had a chance to practice. And we didn’t have time to rehearse the day before. …
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One of our clients asked, “Whenever I’m presenting online, I feel like I lose people’s attention. Is it my voice? What are some simple things I can change to improve the way I speak when I present virtually?” Dear client, we are happy to help. In the last year, we at Articulation have taken what …
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The Virtual Team Pitch. I am going to claim this is the year that oral VIRTUAL RFP defenses became the norm. Why? Because we’ve helped with three of them in the last month– when in year’s past we would do maybe two in a whole year. So here’s the skinny on what we’ve learned in …
Flexibility. As we sat in the gorgeous new conference facility at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, having just finished a day of rehearsals and a day of taping 16 talks, we started to finalize the panel discussion logistics. I said “Let’s try to do it in the lobby.” Long, pregnant pauses filled the cavernous room. (I guess …
Recording Your Virtual Presentation – Not on Zoom It’s easy these days when you need to pre-record a talk for a virtual event to turn on zoom, hit record, share your slides and talk over them. But think about the end result. All you are doing is talking over slides through your computer audio, which …
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