Here’s where you’ll find insight into how we think and work, how we look and sound, and the tools we deploy to bring your goals to life. Our blog stretches way back, so you might want to peruse the list to see what strikes your interests or needs. Our videos offer a glimpse of several of our coaches — as well as insights into our methods. And when you do work with us, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with our Resource Toolbox to make working with us that much easier.
Blog
Our blog posts offer a rich gathering of insights, tips and suggestions designed to help you become more polished, more influential and more impactful in how you communicate with others. Skim to a title that strikes your interests or needs. And come back often because we are serious keeping it fresh and useful for storytellers everywhere.
Growing to Better Serve You
June already? The first half of 2022 has been a whirlwind as we support our clients through storytelling, message development, transforming talks, and more. In
5 Books We Love
World Book Day inspired us share a list of five notable books in our lives right now, for a variety of reasons. Without further ado:
Top 20 Speaking Tips
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
Ruth’s Top 20 Talks
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,
Ruth Milligan Marks 20 Years of Coaching Storytellers
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
Proudly Promoting Acacia Duncan
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
How to Create Deeper Connections in Virtual Meetings
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
3 Good Reasons Why You Need to Rehearse for Your Presentation
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
How to Dramatically Improve Your Voice When You Present Virtually
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
Rules for a Virtual Team Pitch
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
And the winner is…
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
Tips and Tools for Recording a Virtual Presentation
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
Our Passion Project: Introducing Teach It Online Now
Preface: I have waited six months to write a reflection on this year until I had something positive to contribute to the recovery to our
Utilizing a Producer…Technically Speaking
When you are speaking, facilitating, teaching, or leading on a virtual platform, there is a lot to pay attention to. Technology doesn’t need to be
A Strategic Approach to Virtual Fundraising
Relationships are at the heart of the philanthropy. How can fundraisers grow and cultivate relationships, without seeing their donors in person? The whole process shifted
Meeting Social Emotional Needs in Remote School
When COVID 19 hit and students were sent home, elementary school teachers were among the most challenged to provide both learning and engagement to the
Your Voice – It’s More Than Just the Sound of It
On this episode of Do Tell Virtually, Acacia Duncan talks with Julia Guichard, a voice coach and instructor, who is also the a Chair and
Turning Around an Event Ocean Liner
Meredith Kaganovskiy is a certified meeting professional and Senior Project Manager of the DIA Global Annual Meeting. Meredith is passionate about creating experiences and environments
Videos
Our videos offer a glimpse of several of our coaches — as well as insights into our methods. And you can find more of our videos on our YouTube channel.
Ruth's Tips
Resource Toolbox
We go through lots of Magic Markers, Post-it Notes and handouts during our classes and coaching sessions. Aside from these basics, we rely on a set of readily available resources designed to be platform agnostic, intuitive and easy to work with. Take a moment to review the tools we’ll be using together.
Voice Memos
This voice recording app comes standard on all iPhones and is available for free for Android devices at the Google Play store. We use this app more than anything else to record practice sessions. We ask speakers to use it to share recorded versions of their talks. All files can be shared via text or email.
Uber Conference
We use this tool to record all of our coaching calls. By using it, you’ll be able to listen to your call history and measure your progress over time.
Zoom Conference
This is our first choice for remote coaching sessions. If you’re used to working with Webex, that’s okay because we are, too. However, we find Zoom better suited to remote coaching and simplifying interaction online.
Power Point and Keynote
Speakers often use support slides in their presentations. But the slides — whether built in PowerPoint or Keynote — are less important than being able to record over them for practice, timing and sharing. That’s why we encourage clients to familiarize themselves with their preferred slide presentation software and its voice recording features. For more on recording with PowerPoint, visit Microsoft support. For Keynote recording help, go to Apple support.
Logitech Spotlight Presenter
Undoubtedly, this is the Cadillac presenter on the market. But once you understand its capabilities to help with timing and spotlighting, you’ll want one too.
Computer to HDMI Display Adapter
Our most valuable tool is our Mac to HDMI adapter. Regardless of which computer you use, you’ll need the right HDMI cable to connect to our projector. You’ll find the one right for your computer on Amazon.
