Do you travel? What tips do you use to keep the fight-or-flight to a minimum? Here are my top 2 tips for the plane: Men, remove the wallet from your back hip pocket. Sitting on that lump of cards and currency can cause hip displacement. Pick up a small squeeze bottle of saline … [Read more...] about Travel Tips: Don’t leave home unless you ….
Business communication
What to say when you are late to a meeting
You're late, you're rushing and it seems that people and things are not cooperating with your schedule. Why won't they get our of your way?! Finally you arrive at the meeting, slightly out of breath. You burst into the room, everyone looks up and you begin a familiar pattern: Apology followed … [Read more...] about What to say when you are late to a meeting
You, Social Media and business.
Social media is not social. Social media is all business. This works from the providers’ point of view and your point of view. Their Point of view: Advertising is the financial driver behind all media. Local newspapers have seen their advertisers moving to the web in larger and larger … [Read more...] about You, Social Media and business.
Do you know what you're selling? Do you know what they're looking for?
You are in business, right? I mean you're offering your services or products in exchange for money. One of the things I offer for sale is The Playbook (Improv Games for Performers). Using a tool from Google, I was able to track the terms people searched for, if they clicked and if they … [Read more...] about Do you know what you're selling? Do you know what they're looking for?
The Four Rules of Engagement: How to Create Trade Show Communication That Works
You’re a company that needs to communicate your messages to an audience. These messages are key to achieving your business goals and increasing profitability. So how do you ensure that your audience listens to your story? Take a lesson from the movies! Theater is about telling stories. If you … [Read more...] about The Four Rules of Engagement: How to Create Trade Show Communication That Works
Pleasure or Pain (Me-me-me vs. Not-Them!)
Why is it that political ads are so successful (or obsessed) with pushing you away from the 'other candidate' instead of attracting you to their candidate? Neurology tells us that 'fear' has a more direct path to the brain than pleasure. For example, if we are walking through tall grass and see … [Read more...] about Pleasure or Pain (Me-me-me vs. Not-Them!)
What to say after the performance?
You're standing in the lobby of the theater...the audience is leaving and a few are staying behind to greet the performers. Finally your friend emerges from the theater face flush from the rush of performance. They look to you...their eyes widen a bit and their eye brows rise up....they're … [Read more...] about What to say after the performance?
What day is that job?
What day is that job? I had traveled across the country to deliver a workshop for a company that was facing a tough challenge: their business focus was shifting and the team was resistant. I had arranged with a colleague in the area to work with me to lead exercises designed to reveal personal … [Read more...] about What day is that job?
3 warning signs that your meeting is going wrong.
How many times has one of your meetings gone wrong? When a meeting goes wrong, it's as if no one is at the meeting at all. Even worse, a bad meeting can damage the group's effectiveness. When I've seen this happen, I've wanted to rewind the tape and see what happened. One minute we're moving … [Read more...] about 3 warning signs that your meeting is going wrong.
How Rebecca Solnit writes – might change the world
“Books are boxes” she said with a light in her eye, “I discovered them when I learned to read. Reading allowed me to open the boxes and unpack all the treasures inside.” Rebecca Solnit was speaking to a group of about 30 people on the Stanford Campus as part of a free program called How I … [Read more...] about How Rebecca Solnit writes – might change the world