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Speaking Requires Feedback: The Transformative Power of Constructive Criticism

Speaking requires feedback. It is a game-changer for speakers. From refining your message to captivating your audience, learn how feedback elevates your presentation skills. And learn the three rules for speaker feedback. ******** A couple of years back, I found myself knee-deep in speaker prep for a major event. Picture this: coaching sessions galore, each […]

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Speaking is Social: Finding Connection in Communication

Speaking is social: The third Threshold Concept for Learning to be an Effective Speaker. Waking Life inspired our Acacia Duncan to explore how speaking truly connects us. From theatre to coaching, she has learned that speaking is more than words—it’s about understanding and communion. Read a bit about her journey here. ******* In 2001 a

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Introducing the Threshold Concepts for Learning to be an Effective Speaker

Acacia Duncan, Ruth Milligan, Threshold Concepts for Learning to be an Effective Speaker / Ruth Milligan

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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Speaking Tips: Give Your Audience a Problem to Care About

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In public speaking, defining the problem that your idea addresses is far from a waste of time. In fact, if it is not clearly identified, you will have an even bigger problem on your hands: an audience that doesn’t care.

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Group Presentations: To Do or Not to Do?

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When a client tells me they want to do a group presentation, my first instinct is to say DON’T DO IT! They take a lot more time. (I mean a lot!) It’s harder to make the presentation cohesive. The increased complexity means more risk of things going wrong. Long story short, they are just harder

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Permission to Speak: A Book Reflection

Acacia Duncan, Blythe Coons, Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

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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A Strong Start: Articulation’s Q1 Recap

Acacia Duncan, Blythe Coons, Coaching and Training Reflections, Team News / Ruth Milligan

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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4 Tips for Providing Better Feedback to Speakers

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Provide more value to speakers when you deliver actionable feedback using these four tips from Coach Acacia Duncan.

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Video: Tips for Winning Team Business Pitches

Acacia Duncan, Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

Team business pitches play a critical role in major organizations across industries. How can you ensure your team comes to the pitch prepared to win? Ruth Milligan and Acacia Duncan conducted a brief LinkedIn Live conversation about our recent learnings from coaching consequential team-based business pitches. Some highlights of the talk included: The Tuckman Model

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Proudly Promoting Acacia Duncan

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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

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Acacia Duncan

Speaking Requires Feedback: The Transformative Power of Constructive Criticism

Speaking is Social: Finding Connection in Communication

Introducing the Threshold Concepts for Learning to be an Effective Speaker

Speaking Tips: Give Your Audience a Problem to Care About

Group Presentations: To Do or Not to Do?

Permission to Speak: A Book Reflection

A Strong Start: Articulation’s Q1 Recap

4 Tips for Providing Better Feedback to Speakers

Video: Tips for Winning Team Business Pitches

Proudly Promoting Acacia Duncan

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