by Scott Weiss President & CEO of Speakeasy Communications and Author of the Best Selling book "DARE!" You know the drill…executive gets ready for a big client meeting 30 minutes before he steps into the conference room. He attends the meeting with two colleagues and afterwards, they...
by Jason Daily, Instructor and Speech-Language Pathologist This past week, I was asked to participate in a pilot for a program that will be conducted by one of my colleagues, a fellow instructor, overseas in the coming months. This was much different than sitting in and...
Our offices wanted to say Happy Holidays in a way that only our Speakeasy friends and family could understand! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohasWoaIcjM ...
by Pat Wahoske, Faculty and Speech-Language Pathologist Preserving your voice during cold season when you have a big presentation can not only be challenging, but should also be a priority. Here are 5 tips to conserve an ailing voice when you have important business communication coming...
by Jason Daily, Faculty and Speech-Language Pathologist Many of my clients don’t realize just how much their speech patterns are keeping their listeners from staying engaged with them when they are talking…whether it’s an upfront presentation, a one on one conversation, a conference call or a...
from Victoria Squier, faculty at Speakeasy Do you want to be more convincing and persuasive when speaking to your team or to senior executives? You may want to sound more dynamic and committed to what you’re saying when you speak, like it matters to you. You...
// // Tweet // // from Alice Rutkowski, Faculty at Speakeasy Imagine two rooms filled with 2 different groups. One group is relatively happy and content. The other group is the opposite, discontent and unhappy. If you peered into a window for each you could probably tell...
// // Tweet // // from Susan Stewart, Faculty at Speakeasy Look up “public speaking” on the internet. It will mention it’s still the number one fear among Americans. Even more than death, starvation, a painful terminal illness and the list goes on and on. Why is...
from Jane Jones, Distinguished Faculty at Speakeasy Remember what it was like at first to learn a new skill? In my classroom, sometimes a client who is struggling with change asks me how to juggle a number of new behavior choices and make them all work...
// // Tweet // from Sandra Ashe, Principle Faculty at Speakeasy Understand What My Listeners Want When helping business executives communicate with their best foot forward we often hear that they want to better “read” their listeners, understand what they think and feel and know if their remarks...