Two things can be true at once. I can be a RedHawk50 honoree – given to 50 Miami University alumni founded or led businesses that had the highest growth the last three years. (Go Team Articulation!) This fabulous program was celebrated for the first time by the Miami University Farmer School of Business and John […]
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Speaking is an embodied practice: The second Threshold Concept for Learning to be an Effective Speaker. Discover the transformative journey from writing to speaking. Learn how to embody your ideas and craft powerful talks that resonate with your audience. ******* Nearly 12 years ago, I was coaching a very academic leader in town for a
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Last spring I heard Dr. Elizabeth Wardle, the director of the Howe Center on Writing at Miami University speak on how anyone can learn to write. Through some additional conversations we learned that her re-framing of writing—as in getting rid of the freshman writing requirement—was driven by a theory called Threshold Concepts. The best way
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Welcome to the Emerging Speaker Showcase Thursday, August 24 | 3 – 4:30 p.m. WOSU Ross Community Studio The Emerging Speaker Showcase is a TED-like event featuring emerging speakers, each delivering a 9-minute talk. This event, our third in the series, is produced by Articulation, under the direction of our founder, Ruth Milligan. Meet
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I just took the Miami Writing Institute class. It’s a 4-5 hour online “taste” of what Miami University has been teaching teachers about writing within each academic discipline and genres through their nationally known Howe Center for Writing. A few weeks ago, I was on panel with its director, Elizabeth Wardle, Ph.D. and had some
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For over a year or more as I walked the halls at a large executive speaking coach client organization, I’d been told about an executive with the UM, AH and LIKE problem. You know, those filler words people use when speaking, and in public speaking in particular. They were correct but not complete. After a
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Read Between the Lines with Articulation At Articulation, we’re executive communication coaches who love to talk about speaking. Today, in celebration of World Book Day, we’re doing something different. It’s not quite a book club, and not a book review. Think of it more like a reflection. We’re referring to it as “Read Between
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One of our company values is transparency. We believe in it when working with clients, with speakers, and when people give us feedback. We want to be transparent in a “reporting” way about the work we’ve been doing. It’s in the spirit of if we don’t share it, you won’t know. We’ve had a strong
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Over the last dozen years, we’ve fielded at least one call a week from a leader who has a concern about a team member’s ability to communicate. Ultimately, this means they are not influencing, a problem for any enterprise looking to launch, grow or win. Every call is the result of an undisputable emotional trigger
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Welcome to the Emerging Speaker Showcase Thursday, February 23 | 3 – 4:30 p.m. WOSU Ross Community Studio The Emerging Speaker Showcase is a TED-like event featuring eight emerging speakers, each delivering a 9-minute talk. This event is produced by Articulation, under the direction of our founder, Ruth Milligan. Meet Our Speakers Ukeme Awakessien
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announcing
the motivated speaker
six principles to unlock your communication potential
In this book you will discover the six essential threshold concepts needed to give talks like the best TED speakers and Fortune 500 leaders.
Also available on Audible.
