Dear friends and colleagues, The world feels a bit upside down now. To everyone who is experiencing illness or economic upheaval, our hearts are with you. If you are like us, you’re trying to juggle new challenges– from home schooling to finding out where toilet paper is in stock, while keeping yourself and your loved ones …
Our Ruth Milligan is back with tips from the treehouse. We’ve been preparing a lot of clients for pitches lately. And we’ve also had clients deal with canceled events and meetings. The good news (yes, there is good news) is that you don’t have to be in-person to communicate. And while new business pitches are …
Dear Friends: Our thoughts are with those families who are personally impacted by the Coronavirus. While news of events being cancelled due to the virus make headlines, let us offer you some positive communication options during this time of uncertainty. Remember, you still have something to communicate even if you may not be able to …
In the last few years, I’ve found myself at the interesting intersection of supporting a leader who needs to evolve into an influential speakers, and the corporate communications team that has responsibility for speech writing and feeding that same executive messaging to deliver. I shared a tip on this in this video recently, but I …
Development events, quarterly briefings, town halls, annual meetings, or investor days. If you’re a communication professional, chances are you’re charged with preparing the executives, researchers and scientists you work with for their moment in the spotlight– how can you make sure they deliver with impact? Ruth Miligan has some tips to share with you in …
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If you’re an executive in succession, whether you’re moving from manager to director or from director to the executive team, this tip is for you. In today’s video, our Ruth Milligan shares the one thing your boss likely wants you to know. You see, we’ve been working with a number of executives in succession, and …
Ruth Milligan is back with her video tips from the Articulation tree house. Today’s topic: how to create more inspired panel discussions at your next meeting. Admittedly, Ruth has not been known to be a big fan of panel discussions. Recently, she attended one, and was reminded why. Yes, she loved the topic of this …
This week I was invited by a corporate communications senior team at a Fortune 10 company to answer a singular question: How do you get speakers to do THAT? Of course, “that” had some different definitions depending on who you asked, but what they were really asking was: How do you hold your executives to …
It’s been 10 years since I shed the skin of my first business, a traditional PR practice, which I ran for eight years, and then founded Articulation where we unleash leaders through storytelling power. This means I’m finally an adult – 18 years strong – in entrepreneurship. So as I celebrate the decade-a-versary of Articulation, …
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As you’re preparing for your next presentation, will you engage your audience or alienate them? Here are 5 different but surefire ways to alienate your audience… and how to avoid them. 1. “Let me tell you the same 7 stories I told you I told you at my first all employee meeting.” That’s not a …
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