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Diane DiResta - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
As a top workplace communications training coach and author of Knockout Presentations and Conversations on Success, Diane DiResta shows clients how to communicate with greater impact and project a more powerful presence. Whether coaching sports celebrities to shine in the media, developing leaders to excel at executive presentations, or helping women in Tanzania to step into their power, Diane teaches spoken word strategies to manifest results.
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- Seven Social Media Mistakes
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] Social media is the big buzz. We've been swept up in the currents of Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter. We can allow the currents to carry us to new connections, new business, and massive reach and visibility. Or we can get caught in the riptides that pull our reputation under.
- Get the Hook - When Speakers Hog the Spotlight
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] When is it time to leave the stage? And how do you stop a speaker who exceeds the time limit?
- Is Smiling an Asset Or Liability?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] A smile can be your greatest asset or a liability-especially if you're a woman. Flashing those pearly whites can dazzle an audience. Think Julia Roberts. Her smile lights up her face and has become her signature.
- Are You a Grasshopper Or an Ant?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Most people don't prepare for a presentation. Find out if you're a grasshopper or an ant.
- Speakers Behaving Badly - Are You Guilty of Platform Abuse?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] The power of the platform is a gift. Yet, many speakers abuse this privilege. Are you guilty of platform abuse? Learn how speakers abuse the platform so that you won't make the same mistakes.
- How to Alienate Your Audience Every Time
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Words are powerful. You can unknowingly insult your listeners simply by your word choice. This is especially true when communicating across cultures or through a third party. Think about your intention before selecting your words. The true meaing of a communication is the effect and not your intention.
- Get to the Point!
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] You're at a conference or meeting and the speaker is droning on giving detail after detail and not connecting thoughts or ideas.After 15 minutes of this minutia your eyes start to glaze over as you ask yourself two questions: "Why am I here?" and "What the is the Point?"
- Staying Positive During Downsizing
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Downsizing has become a fact of life. Sooner or later you may be on the receiving end. While the loss of a job can be scary and sometimes painful, you can turn a negative situation into a positive period of growth.
- Presenting Yourself for the Job Interview
[Business:Careers-Employment] A job interview can be an adventure. You have the opportunity to learn about new companies, new positions, and network with new people. The first step is to equalize the power. And that involves an attitude adjustment.
- How to Handle Difficult Audiences
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] You're prepared, polished, and ready to go. You step up to the podium and "bang, bang, bang" - you get shot down by a hostile audience. How do you keep your cool and take back control?
- Murphy's Law - How Speakers Can Prepare for the Unexpected
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Public speaking may still be the number one fear but it's not just speaking that scares people. Many speakers are afraid of what can go wrong-once they're already on the platform. Sooner or later you'll come face-to-face with Murphy.
- Voice Power-The Care and Feeding of the Professional Voice
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Whether it's the rich, resonant tones of Richard Burton, the breathiness of Marilyn Monroe or the nasality of Fran Drescher, the sound of the voice conjures up an image-an impression-and can influence perception. "You should think of the sound of your voice as inhaling the words and letting them reflect in the space behind you. Vowels shape the voice.
- How to Chair a Meeting
[Business:Presentation] Meetings are viewed as a waste of time. Running effective meetings is a skill. Learn it and you'll accomplish more in less time.
- Total Recall - How to Remember Your Speech Without Memorizing
[Business:Presentation] No, you're not losing your mind. You can prevent those black outs at the podium the next time you speak. Here's how to have total recall.
- Facilitating Panel Discussions
[Business:Presentation] Facilitating or moderating a panel looks easy but it takes practice to make it appear seamless. Here's how to keep control.
- Are You Talking the Talk?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Even seasoned speakers like Hillary Clinton need to learn a thing or two. What about you?
- Transitions: Building Bridges to Your Points
[Business:Presentation] Do you lose your train-of-thought? It's usually not because you don't know the next point. It's because you don't know what to say to get from point A to point B. Learn the secret.
- Conversationally Speaking
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] What do you say when you're asked to stand up and say a few words? It's time to let go of your script.
- Sloppy Speech Habits Can Affect the Job Interview
[Writing-and-Speaking] Your speech may be holding you back. Before you go on the next job interview, do a check-up from the neck up.
- Speaking One-to-One
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Just because you don't stand up to speak, doesn't mean you can wing it. There's a skill to speaking one-to-one.
- Mastering the Media
[Business:PR] What do Monica Lewinsky, Shoshanna Lowenstein, and even Richard Hatch have in common? Media exposure. They were ordinary people who became household names.
Will you be ready for your 15 minutes of fame?
- Lecturing from the Lectern
[Business:Presentation] Do you get lost behind a lectern? Do you use it to hide? Not anymore. Learn these empowering techniques to get off the soap box and master the lectern.
- Ten Ways Women Sabotage Communication in the Workplace
[Womens-Interests] Glass ceiling or partners in sabotage? While the glass ceiling exists, very often women undermine their success by how they communicate in the workplace. We’ve learned to dress for success but have we learned the language of success? When Catalyst, a non-profit organization dealing with women’s issues asked.
- Turn Weak Speak into Power Talk
[Writing-and-Speaking] Are you a victim of Weak Speak? Do your words betray you? If you ever wondered why your employees don’t follow your lead or why your ideas are never accepted, here’s a thought. You may be telling people that your ideas aren’t important. It’s not enough to have confident body language and a strong voice if your words are wimpy.
- Listening - The Foundation of Communication
[Business:Customer-Service] Listening Means Peace, Sheng jen is the Chinese word for wise person. It literally means “one who listens.” Joanna Rogers Macy, a peace activist, said listening is “the most powerful tool in peacemaking and any other kind of social change work.” I wonder what would have happened if students, teachers, and parents were really listening in Columbine? Someone, somewhere missed the distress signals that the two young killers were sending out.
- Seven Steps to a Vital Videoconference
[Communications:Video-Conferencing] When it's time for your fifteen minutes of fame will you be ready? With videoconferencing becoming common place in 21st century communication, executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders need to be media savvy. Here's how to put your best face forward:
- Does Uptalk Make you Upchuck?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Uptalk is invading the work place and is reaching epidemic proportions. It’s that singsong speech pattern that has a rising inflection at the end of sentence. It sounds like the speaker is asking a question instead of making a declaration.
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