Category Keynote Keys
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13 Secrets to an ASTONISHING Keynote
December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys, Spirit at Work, Topics, Training
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“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.” Goethe
Many meetings quickly fade into the background of all the “meaning-less-repeat-what-we-have-already-done-before” dithering if we don’t start new conversations. Use these thirteen steps to make all your messages meaning-full. Don’t try and make people act differently, help them think differently. Encourage new behaviors by starting new conversations.
1. Creating a Buzz
The most successful messages are not thos...
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Increase retention by 150%
December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys
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The typical retention rate of your average lecture is just 5%. But if you were shown 2,560 pictures over several days and then asked to choose which pictures you recognized, how many would you correctly recognize? The answer may change the way you communicate everything.
Seven ideas that can improve your communication skills by 150% or more.
1. Less IS more: Filing every moment of a meeting is not just a waste to some but a detriment to all...
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Fearless Conversations or Fearful Conciliation’s?
December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys, Peer Powered Performance, Training
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Using Unrelated Stories to Overcome
Unreasonable DefensivenessI was recently asked to come up with an approach to safety concerns at one of the largest concrete structures in our country.
The request, as usual, was to be funny, fix the problem, and get out. You have 45 minutes. An impossible objective, but it is entirely my own fault. I am a victim of my own creation. For two decades I have been most widely known as a keynote humorist...
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Another Mental Myth Shattered
December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Keynote Keys
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Remember these impressive statistics.
We remember
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what we say
90% of what we say and do
The problem with these, like most simple solutions to complex problems, is they are wrong. We all learn in different ways and at different paces.
The optimum learning design depends on the “content, context, and learner”.
Here are seven key points offered in research conducted by Cisco.*
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Avoid multitasking...
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What makes a CSP giveaway keynotes?
December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Keynote Keys, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Video Samples
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It could be because I am not particularly good at this but if you read any of my mountain of testimonials you know that is not true. The CSP designation is not easy to attain. For those new to the acronym CSP stands for Certified Speaking Professional. It is the only earned by 10% of Global Speakers Federation members worldwide.*
So the question remains; Why would anyone who is skilled and determined enough to earn this designation want to give away his keynote presentations?
The change hap...
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