Acacia Duncan

Engagement 101: How do you onboard a new associate?

Featuring Special Guest Lachandra Baker Lachandra Baker is the director of Employee Engagement at a health care company. During the third week of COVID in March 2020, she was tasked with moving a full two-day, live employee onboarding into a virtual one– with only a week to plan. In this interview with Ruth Milligan, hosted …

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Do Tell Virtually Podcast

Do Tell Virtually… a New Podcast from Articulation

Welcome to Articulation’s new podcast, Do Tell Virtually. In this learning series, our expert speech communication coaches and trainers Ruth Milligan and Acacia Duncan reveal the new norms and rules for speaking, teaching, selling or training virtually. As you know, we love stories. So, in Do Tell, we’ll share the stories of people who are …

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How to Make it Through Giving an Emotional Talk

I work with a lot of speakers sharing personal stories. Patient stories. Caregiver stories. Stories of triumph. Stories of overcoming impossible odds. Audiences crave these stories— our social media feeds are filled with them. Why do we crave them? They connect us in a deep and human way. But what do you do, as a …

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To be a Winner in Public Speaking, Banish Comparison

This article on praise from TED was passed around the Articulation office/treehouse. It was an important reminder for any coach, manager, or even parent, that comparison, even positive comparison, can have negative (unintended) consequences to confidence. It was with this article at the top of my mind that I watched this year’s Women’s Skating finals …

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