My Embarrassing Confession about the (Not So) Hidden Costs of Poor Communication

“You teach best what you most need to learn.” – Richard Bach

I have a confession. It’s a little embarrassing.

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Getting the day started in our house is a daily exercise in communication!  I really dislike being stressed out in the morning.  Instead, I prefer to start my day calmly with a cup of tea.

I try to get up before anyone else so that I can have quiet time to myself.  Sometimes I read, sometimes, I exercise, sometimes, I catch up on work.

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Q: I want more knowledge about telling stories.  Like you explain in your podcast – the rule of three, how to open and close with the same topic, how to tell things as a story with suspension…

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From listener Kelvin from Hong Kong…

Q: I am living and working in HK and English is my second language (Cantonese and putonghua are my primary languages) and I believe “listen more, speak more and write more” can improve my skills.

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Every wondered how much professional speaker’s charge for a keynote speech? I saw a post recently that listed some. I thought you might be interested to see…besides their public speaking fees makes MY keynote fee seem VERY REASONABLE!!!

I know, I know, I’m no Donald Trump–but, hey I am “The Public Speaker” <smile>

Here are examples one-hour keynote fees:

Donald Trump /  $1-1.

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I wrote a two part program on creating a success online presence.  I asked you to review my social media checklist to see if your social media profile is leaving a positive impression.

How to Manage Your Online Presence
9 Ways to Create a Successful Online Presence (link coming…)
In this program I mention that as social media is maturing, we are all learning more and more.

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As part of The Public Speaker,  I did an episode on recovering from a communication blunder. In it I mention a time that my CEO pointed out a mistake I had made.

Today I read this short article.

Help! The CEO Found a Huge Error in my Sales Presentation!

I thought he had good common sense advice.

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Today I saw this twitter message. I thought it was a great example of communicating effectively on Twitter.

John Zajaros 6:46am

Got a call last night from a client.

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Update (10/204):  I created this slide share about storytelling.  It’s very popular, so I thought I would post it here too.

Are you another boring storyteller? from Lisa Marshall
 

If you want to learn how to tell better stories and make better presentations, why not learn from the best!  From Hollywood storytellers –filmmakers.

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This week on the show I was talking about a story that got picked up by thousands of websites as explanation for why you need to monitor your online presence.

Learn how to manage your online presence.

Here are the “mothman” photos I promised. I explain in the podcast.

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