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July 26, 2013
Presentations- openings part 5
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previous post This is the final entry on the opening of your presentation so let’s review the main items: 1. Greeting
July 19, 2013
Presentations- openings part 4
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previous post Up to now we have built the presentation opening up to include greeting, self-introduction, hook, topic...
July 12, 2013
Presentations- openings part 3
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previous post So far, we have looked at four stages of your presentation opening: greeting, self-introduction, hook a...
July 5, 2013
Presentations- openings part 2
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previous post After the first two stages of greeting and self-introduction, you can now move onto introducing the topic of your presentation. As we are still at the early stages of your talk...
June 28, 2013
Presentations- openings part 1
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previous post A simple way to structure your presentation is to divide it into an opening, main body and ending. In the opening of your presentation, your challenge is to engage your audience and encourage them to respond positively to you. Here are the first 2 thing...
June 21, 2013
Presentations- preparing content
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previous post Imagine your boss is going to be away on urgent business and you have suddenly been given the responsibility of making a vital presentation in 3 days’ time. How do you feel? From now, on the Global Communication School blog, I am going to...
June 14, 2013
Transitioning to business
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previous post Imagine this situation, you are enjoying a conversation with your boss about a football match you both saw on TV. He turns to you and says, “I want you to leave the company.” How would you react? To avoid an inappropriate transition to ...
June 7, 2013
Active listening- part 2
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previous post Once you feel comfortable using simple active listening techniques, you can combine them with more challenging ways to actively liste...
May 31, 2013
Active listening- part 1
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previous post In all communication, it is just as important to listen, as it is to speak. However, how do you imagine somebody from North America would you feel if they were speaking in a meeting and another participant closed his or her eyes in an effort to concentr...
May 24, 2013
Building conversations- answering questions
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For a balanced and successful conversation, you need to answer as well as ask questions. Consider the following exchange:
“Is this your first visit to Japan?”