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Calendar-ing means to write something you need to do, and therefore put into play the power of an external force to hold you accountable. Does that work? ➡️ Listen to this 90-second mentor interview between Dorie Clark and Dr. Mark Goulston to hear: https://bit.ly/3MAr5YA What do you think? Do you need to write something down in a calendar or to-do list to accomplish it?

Calendar-ing means to write something you need to do, and therefore put into play the power of an external force to hold you accountable. Does that work? ➡️ Listen to this 90-second mentor interview between Dorie Clark and Dr. Mark Goulston to hear: https://bit.ly/3MAr5YA What do you think? Do you need to write something down in a calendar or to-do list to accomplish it? 

2R- Reaction & Respond is two Major Decision during Communication, We Need to Respond Not to React During Discussion.

https://lnkd.in/e2CuZ9Fa * Why do the stories we share resonate with us, but frequently fall flat with our listeners? * Is the message we transcribe to our friends, colleagues, and audience powerful enough to make an impact? * This complex communication problem is as old as time and for centuries writers, orators, and thought leaders have offered insightful resolutions. * Important to discern, according to Nancy Duarte, is the change concern. How will our message change people’s thinking, help others, serve the audience, and give us hope? Duarte in her famous TEDx talk shares with us the structure of a great speech, the construction of a great correspondence, and “the shape of a great presentation.” * Duarte posits that we must contrast what is, with what could be, and compare the two to make that gap as wide as possible. Take the common place status quo and compare that with the loftiness of the possible future state. Duarte says that we need to make our message communicate and amplify that gap, so that people are moved to see the past problems, to feel the current obstacles, and to breakthrough the roadblocks, annihilating any doubts, that we will be interrupted, held back, or stopped from realizing our ideal, our idea, and our newly forged common definite chief aim. * This is important because we are emotive to meaningful messages that have the potential to make us or break us. Messages of consequence pivot around our hearts, direct our minds, and guide our emotions towards the bias of action. In order to communicate transformative ideas, we need to take our stories and highlight their contrasts, we need to underscore their cross-roads, and we need to embolden the message for the audience, so that they too may join us with their own meaningful journey of change, of struggle, and of hardships as they listen. * Stories are living ideas that have the powerful potential to inform, reform, and transform our reality. * Therefore, to resonate with others and make an impact, we must engage, encourage, and empower people to learn the shape of a successful, effective, and empathetic communication structure. So that we can give people insightful tools to share their own personal stories with us, while we listen! 

Inclusive Participation & Profound Respect. These two simple principles change everything. Join Sherry Johnson and I March 21 & 22 to learn how these principles can transform the difficult conversations you lead: https://bit.ly/3tYyGtM

Start your day with Tim Cormier! When communicating with your executives, three things to remember, to be: 1. Succinct 2. To the point 3. Clear, especially on what you expect from them

How to rehearse your speech for a greater impact.

This post by Craig Valentine is a lovely example of Learnability: 3 ways to rehearse your speech for a greater impact. Which ones will you use to practice your next speech?

Are you staying focused on the correct Talking Points? A unified message works better than 25 different voices going in 25 different directions. Learn to work together. Don't unintentionally hurt your industry by being a lone wolf.