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New Leadership Development Workshop: Master Stress and Elevate Communication Performance

Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

New leadership development workshop. Articulation’s new leadership communication training module, High Awareness, High Performance: Stress Combating Strategies for Consequential Communications is a 60-75 minute session that helps leaders identify stress responses and build practical strategies to stay grounded in tough conversations. ******* There are so many ways in which communications can go wrong: Someone asks […]

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Create Confident Speakers: Low-Stakes Opportunities for Your Team

Does your team have the opportunity to practice communication in low-stakes environments? Like in school, it shouldn’t be reserved for a few. Build confidence and competence by giving everyone a chance to speak. And discover the ways our course can help you level up your team and leaders before the end of the year. *******

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Hitting the Mark: The Value of Feedback in Public Speaking

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

Earlier this month, Ruth and I participated in a charity golf outing organized by our client, Huntington National Bank. It benefited Pelotonia, a remarkable organization with one simple goal: End cancer. We were thrilled to support both! Many people would be excited for a day of golfing– I was decidedly not. Because, drumroll: I don’t

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Presidential debate reminds us: It’s not about age. It’s about breath.

Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

It’s not about age, friends. It’s about breath. I started writing this note before last night’s presidential debate. My topic was “returning to the basics of public speaking style and delivery.” Oddly enough, since COVID, we’ve seen a resurgence in interest in these skills and related workshop, and we love it. Nothing says I want to be

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Transforming Talks: Inside Look at Speaker Coaching

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

From crafting your big idea to mastering delivery, here’s an inside look at what it takes to deliver a killer presentation– from the perspective of an Articulation Speaker Coach. ******** Imagine going to a conference and where every breakout session contains insights. Where each presentation leaves you thinking. Where you’re never tempted to check your

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Stop Giving Boring Presentations

Blythe Coons, Coaching and Training Reflections, Emotions Series, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Blythe Coons

This article, by Blythe Coons, is a continuation of our series on the (negative) emotions that typically trigger calls to us, and small tips to mitigate these challenges. They may feel familiar. That’s because they’re happening in board rooms and offices around the world on a regular basis. Boredom Noun: Not able to engage meaningfully

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Speaking Tips: Give Your Audience a Problem to Care About

Acacia Duncan, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Acacia Duncan

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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Why is it so hard to write like we speak?

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

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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Group Presentations: To Do or Not to Do?

Acacia Duncan, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Acacia Duncan

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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