Greetings!
When the going gets tough, the tough get...training? My clients do.I've been prepping them to ask for funding, adapt existing efforts to social-media platforms, stretch a communications budget, and craft effective messages for live audiences.
I've also been busy speaking: This month's Capital Communicators Group session on social media policy sold out in less than a day. If you missed it, links to the questions and answers and two electronic handouts are at right. And I had a great time on Darwin's 200th birthday training a massive group of scientists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago this month. Next up: Keynoting the Construction Writers of America conference, and another Communicating Science workshop for AAAS, in Corvallis, Oregon, both in early May.
If new communications strategies, training or content are among your current needs, contact me at info@dontgetcaught.biz.
Sincerely,
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| Re-Tool Your Training in Tough Times
Improve Communications Skills from Speaking to Social Media |
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Times are tough and budgets are tight--so our clients are looking for re-tooled training sessions that focus on these types of solutions:
- Learning to use social media: Savvy communications teams are working with us to create training retreats that orient their staff members all at once to using social media platforms for communications, including developing pilot projects and talking about pitfalls and pushback. As social-media options can offer lower-cost ways to reach your audience, these are especially popular in tough economic times.
- Stretching budgets: We're doing communications staff and board retreats that help organizations figure out how to do more with less, and do it strategically--ideally, expanding your reach without expanding your costs.
- Boosting speaking skills: Selling yourself and your message is even more important, especially if you're fighting for funding from Congress or venture capitalists. We can help you learn to handle tough questions, speak without notes and craft an effective message.
We even give you consumer-savvy tips about questions to ask about training options.
...Read examples and tips for re-tooling your training in tough times |
 7 Bite-Size Ideas to Get You Speech-Ready
Ideas and inspiration from The Eloquent Woman blog |
| For your next speech, don't overprepare and don't underprepare. We've got the seven easy-to-digest tips that will energize you and make sure you're ready to deliver the speech of your life--from the Eloquent Woman blog post that was most-visited this month. (A major speaker at SXSW, the music and interactive media conference, saw these tips on Twitter and said "This is just what I need before my SXSW talk!") From breathing and what to drink to how to amend your notes or nail your opening, this is the quick-fix kit for revving up your next talk, presentation or major speech.
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Can You Tame the Wild West with Social Media Policies? |
| After seeing the online resources from my recent sold-out talk to the Capital Communicators Group on social media policies, one attendee said, "I feel like I hit the lotto!" Get your own winning ticket: Click the link above to see video questions from the audience (with answers and links), plus two posts with tips, examples and guidelines on setting social media policies. Keep scrolling--there's a lot to learn from these posts! |
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