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The Credible Presenter: Being Heard Versus Being Believed
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The Credible Presenter: Being Heard Versus Being Believed

ByLois Phillips November 5, 2018November 8, 2018

Did you listen to or watch Dr. Christine Ford’s testimony in the Senate hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court? We all know…

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The Serious Business of Being Funny: New Ways Women Use Humor to Engage Audiences
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The Serious Business of Being Funny: New Ways Women Use Humor to Engage Audiences

ByLois Phillips August 17, 2018August 21, 2018

Let’s get serious about humor. Being funny is empowering. When women do comedy, they are in charge. But the same holds true for anyone delivering a…

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To Confront or Not to Confront? Speak Truth to Power
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To Confront or Not to Confront? Speak Truth to Power

ByLois Phillips July 14, 2018July 14, 2018

Did you see the video of teacher Kristen Mink that went viral? She confronted EPA Director Scott Pruitt in a café, telling him the reasons…

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How to Introduce a Speaker at a Meeting or Conference
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How to Introduce a Speaker at a Meeting or Conference

ByLois Phillips June 28, 2018

If you are asked to introduce the speaker or a panel for a meeting or event, you may not realize what an important role you…

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Women in Meetings MS-represented: Your Quotability Quotient
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Women in Meetings MS-represented: Your Quotability Quotient

ByLois Phillips May 28, 2018May 30, 2018

The actress Jennifer Lawrence recently wrote about a disheartening experience she had expressing an opinion to a man who worked for her (versus the other…

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Why Speakers Should Seek (And Appreciate) Critical Feedback
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Why Speakers Should Seek (And Appreciate) Critical Feedback

ByLois Phillips April 24, 2018April 25, 2018

Without feedback, we live in our own bubble, unaware of how people see us. Consider this: You’re the same person at the podium that you…

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WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT CRISIS COMMUNICATION FROM FACEBOOK’S BETRAYAL
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WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT CRISIS COMMUNICATION FROM FACEBOOK’S BETRAYAL

ByLois Phillips March 27, 2018March 29, 2018

In the book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg asks, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” addressing the self-doubts that hold many women back. Unfortunately,…

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ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: USING A GAMING STRATEGY TO PREPARE YOUR REMARKS
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ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: USING A GAMING STRATEGY TO PREPARE YOUR REMARKS

Byjrnewell805 February 28, 2018

If you’ve ever attended a retreat with icebreakers, you might have enjoyed a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors which is a hand game usually played between two…

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The Uses and Abuses of PowerPoint
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The Uses and Abuses of PowerPoint

ByLois Phillips January 18, 2018January 19, 2018

For the sake of this article, I refer to the most commonly used presentation software but there are other tools available, such as Powtoon, which…

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Happy Holidays 2017
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Happy Holidays 2017

ByLois Phillips December 23, 2017January 5, 2018

Happy Holidays to my friends and blog-readers! This has been quite a month with the Thomas Fire consuming our attention. But keep in mind the…

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