How to communicate with confidence, by Laura Benjamin
From the monthly archives:
What is a thought leader? Someone who has the courage to raise issues, promote innovative ideas and possesses the confidence to share those ideas as actionable insights.
The keywords here are “courage”, ”innovative ideas”, and confidence to “share actionable insights”.
Are they out there, or are we just not hearing enough about them? When they speak up, do we listen [...]
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Somebody’s Gotta Say It is the title of a new book by Neal Boortz featured last night on Hannity & Colmes (www.foxnews.com ). The author speaks out and makes assertions on a number of provocative issues including:
Teenaged girls who smoke are usually sexually active
Teachers unions pose more of a long term threat to our society than Al-Qaida
I [...]
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I know you should exude confidence when on the television or radio, but personally I’m getting a little tired of hearing “sound bites” that we (the consumer) are supposed to swallow whole. Yesterday I got a number of inquiries on know-it-all type personalities, which is one of my “favorite” types of difficult people. These folks [...]
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A discussion with a friend last night prompts me to make a list. “Why would you want to blog,” she asked? “Does anyone really care? Don’t you spend a lot of time doing it? Does it really help your business?”
Sure. Sure and sure!
Here are some benefits of blogging:
If you’re a writer (or even partially so), [...]
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I got to thinking about the global warming discussion we had yesterday and how too often something that is well intended goes awry. In Colorado we now have Amendment 41, which was intended to establish ethical standards for Government employees and officials. I voted for it and remember thinking at the time that it was a good idea, given the [...]
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There have been a number of incidents in the news recently about students using cell phones to audio and video tape their teachers. These recordings were of teachers yelling at students and one where a teacher grabbing something off the students’ desk and throwing it to the ground. (It may have been a cell phone!)
Without knowing [...]
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You knew I had to go there eventually, right? Be forwarned – there is far too much “good stuff” going on in politics and the media today that has application to workplace and relationships to ignore it for long. So here we go…
I heard a radio commentary this morning about Ellen Goodman’s column in the Boston [...]
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Need some practical, low-cost, profitable marketing methods and tips to help you build your independent business? On Thursday, Feb 8th beginning at 9am pacific, 10am mountain, 11am central and noon eastern, People Talk Radio and your host, Laura Benjamin, will once again hold a FREE program on the subject. Come one, come all! You can register [...]
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