Learn 5 key communication insights for educators, including the positive impact of technology in the classroom. Chris Besse shares how edtech platforms like Edsby make education more student-centric, they enable communication and collaboration, they enable accessibility and immediacy of information, and they encourage students to learn how to learn. REFERENCES Chris Besse & Edsby Chris on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-besse-24b03b11/ Edsby – https://www.edsby.com/ Andrea Wojni...
Nov 16, 2020•31 min
Step by step instructions on how to optimize your LinkedIn profile. Volterra founder Andrew Jenkins shares how to use LinkedIn for creating your personal brand, networking, thought leadership, marketing, and job-searching. REFERENCES Andrew Jenkins & Volterra LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjjenkins Volterra – https://www.linkedin.com/company/volterradigital/ Talk About Talk podcast episode with Andrew Jenkins #7: SOCIAL MEDIA – https://talkabouttalk.com/7-social-media-with-volt...
Nov 02, 2020•30 min
Crutch words, interrupting, filler comments, and more. Dr. Andrea Wojnicki shares 10 unique communication insights after hosting 60 Talk About Talk podcast episodes. REFERENCES Resources & Recommendations “ The Portfolio Career Podcast” with David Nebinski https://www.portfoliocareerpodcast.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnebinski/ “Yogi MD” podcast” with Dr. Nadine Kelly https://yogimd.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-kelly-m-d-5a451946/ “Google Ads na Veia” podcast with André ...
Oct 19, 2020•22 min
Storytelling is a superpower. Influencer and speaker Bobby Umar shares how storytelling can elevate your personal brand and your identity as a thought leader. For marketers, storytelling is a powerful tool to facilitate consumers’ resonance with brands. REFERENCES Bobby Umar Twitter:https://twitter.com/raehanbobby Facebook Business:https://www.facebook.com/raehanbobby/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyumar/ LinkedIn Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bobbyumar/ Instagram: https:...
Oct 05, 2020•40 min
Confidence Coaching – Communicate with CONFIDENCE – in the moment: Learn the 5-step formula to communicate with confidence when you feel that nervous energy. The 5 steps include asking a question, breathing, acting confident, focusing with no distractions, and listening, using your ears. This is confidence coaching in the moment – you got this! REFERENCES – Confidence in the moment Talk About Talk Episodes Referenced *** COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE Part 1: Mental Preparation *** https://talkabou...
Sep 21, 2020•23 min
Communicate with confidence : There’s the mental preparation, then there’s confidence in the moment. In this first of a two-part series, we focus on the 4P’s of mentally preparing to communicate with confidence : Practice , as in rehearsing; Proverb , as in adopting a mantra; Pep talk ; and Pirate , as in copying that confident feeling. THANKS for listening – and READING! Web: https://talkabouttalk.com/ Email: Andrea@TalkAboutTalk.com ***When referencing resources and products, TalkAboutTalk som...
Sep 05, 2020•15 min
HOW TO ASK FOR HELP? Consider the 3Ms: Mindset, Motivations and Metaphors. Researcher Gretchen Barton of OZA shares her expertise, including insights from a recent Gates Foundation project on “Understanding Perceptions of Poverty” in America. Asking for help- be it expertise, time or money – isn’t easy, but you can learn to seek help with confidence. REFERENCES & LINKS – How to Ask For Help Gretchen Barton of OZA Gretchen Barton & OZA LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-barto...
Aug 24, 2020•38 min
Learn how to choose a brand name. Are you naming a new product? A start-up? A new podcast? Dr. Andrea Wojnicki takes you through the 5 steps, from strategy to name generation, to evaluation, to searching availability and trademarking, to launching the brand! See the shownotes for a useful printable summary. RESOURCES Brand Naming S. Patent & TM Office – https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-getting-started/trademark-basics Canadian TM database – https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/hom...
Aug 10, 2020•36 min
Female pop stars : there’s the good girl , the temptress , the diva , the hot mess , the survivor … Professor Kristin Lieb shares her research on how pop stars influence and are influenced by culture, how a female pop star’s body is her core brand asset, and how female pop stars evolve through various archetypes over their lifecycle as an artist. Note this is the 2nd episode in a 2-part series on ARCHETYPES . REFERENCES (See also the shownotes for episode “#54 – ARCHETYPES”) Kristin Lieb Web sit...
Jul 27, 2020•50 min
ARCHETYPES are shared, universal patterns that help us understand characters and stories. We employ archetypes in both our consumption (of stories, movies, music) and our communication – of ourselves, our experiences and our brands. Learn about the stages in the hero’s journey and 12 common archetypes, one of which may describe you and/or your brand. This is episode one of a two-part podcast series on ARCHETYPES. REFERENCES BOOKS “Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 9 (Part 1): Archetypes and t...
Jul 13, 2020•23 min
Are you leading a virtual team? Learn how to lead a virtual team and excel in a crisis. During a crisis, everything is magnified, including leadership skills. Executive coach Heather Stark shares her “5C’s of creating a virtual culture” framework to help leaders navigate and excel in the new normal. (This is part 2 of a two-part series on LEADERSHIP with Heather Stark. See also episode #52: “Communication Skills of Effective Leaders”) REFERENCES & LINKS Heather Stark Heather Stark & Star...
Jun 29, 2020•29 min
Effective leaders are effective communicators. Executive coach Heather Stark shares how to improve our communication skills and why leaders need to be good listeners, authentic, proactive, inclusive, intentional and mindful. REFERENCES & LINKS Heather Stark & Stark Coaching Email – heather@heatherstarkcoaching.com LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherestark/ Recommendations Berkeley Greater Good – https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ Laurie Santos & The Happiness Lab – https://...
Jun 15, 2020•33 min
Competition, or rivalry over resources, encourages us to strive and excel. Meet open source strategy expert Dr. Mekki MacAulay , who encourages us to create value by adopting an inclusive, transparent, open source mindset. According to Mekki: “90% of the equation is collaboration, helping, and communicating effectively.” REFERENCES & LINKS Competition & open source expert Dr. Mekki MacAulay Mekki MacAulay & IBM Email – mekki@mekki.ca LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mekkim/ IBM...
Jun 01, 2020•50 min
Managing our emotional expressions is critical to effective communication. Emotions researcher Tatiana Astray helps us optimize our relationships and negotiation outcomes by taking responsibility for our emotional expressions. Learn about the difference between feelings and emotions, why we should express enthusiasm, how to manage negative emotions, and all about the positivity ratio. REFERENCES & LINKS Tatiana Astray Tatiana Astray – emotions & negotiation expert LinkedIn – https://www....
May 18, 2020•51 min
Learning strategist & parenting coach Kimberley Acres helps us in this time of physical distancing and online schooling with parenting philosophies and online learning tactics, including optimizing our children’s workspace, setting boundaries, and celebrating! REFERENCES & LINKS Kimberley Acres LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberley-acres-1793a0104/ Email – kjacoaching@gmail.com Parenting coach Kimberley Acres with Dr. Andrea Wojnicki on their Zoom interview Books & Resourc...
May 04, 2020•53 min
On presenting with confidence. Learn how to create a compelling presentation, then present it with confidence. Tips for your body language (posture, feet, hands), remembering to pause, projecting strength, warmth, authenticity and passion, and sticking to your one key message. REFERENCES & LINKS Andrew Musselman LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-musselman-06595316a/ Fluency – https://www.learnfluency.com/ Dr. Andrea Wojnicki & Andrew Musselman Books & Resources Talk Like ...
Apr 20, 2020•38 min
Do you know how to prepare and deliver a compelling presentation? Guest expert Andrew Musselman shares presenters’ most common mistakes, what to do if you think you’re losing your audience, and how to successfully incorporate video clips, humour, and storytelling into your talk. REFERENCES & LINKS (Note this is episode 1of2 on COMPELLING P RESENTATIONS. Episode #48 will include a summary of both episodes.) Andrew Musselman LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-musselman-06595316a/ Fl...
Apr 06, 2020•49 min
How about some biohacking tips to boost your immunity and to fight off viruses like Covid-19? Biohacker Oksana Andreiuk (M.Biotech) shares her advice on boosting your immunity through specific biohacks associated with sleep, nutrition and supplements, exercise, stress management, taking a cold shower, and intermittent fasting. Biohacking is modifying your internal and external environments to take better control of your own biology. In this time of social distancing, Talk About Talk advocates ph...
Mar 23, 2020•51 min
Are you good at networking? Executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin shares her advice on how to be a better networker, including why it’s critical to attend events, how to thrive at small talk, how to leverage LinkedIn, and the ideal networking mindset. References & Links Sharon Mah-Gin LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmahgin/ Executive Search Alliance – http://www.execsearchalliance.com/ Other Resources Never Eat Alone Books: Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi & Tahl Raz – https:/...
Mar 09, 2020•42 min
Do you know how to conduct an interview? It could be a job interview, an information-seeking interview, a journalistic interview, or perhaps for entertainment purposes – like an interview that’s presented as a written article, a live interview onstage, or – a podcast interview! Improviser and podcast host David Shore shares his advice, including how to prepare for an interview and specific tips for during the interview. REFERENCES & LINKS David Shore Monkeytoast – https://monkeytoast.com/ Th...
Feb 24, 2020•31 min
Proper posture and breathing can make us better communicators! Dr. Nadine Kelly (YogiMD) shares breathing and posture tips, relaxation techniques (deep breathing, alternate nostril breathing, combining breathe with a mantra), differences between the parasympathetic (rest & digest) versus the sympathetic (fight or flight) phase, and why nasal breathing is healthier than mouth breathing. References & Links Dr. Nadine Kelly Website – net Podcast – https://yogimd.net/podcast FB Group – https...
Feb 10, 2020•46 min
Do you know how to tell your story effectively? The story you tell could be at work in conversation with your boss, in a job interview, or perhaps you seek to write a novel? Best-selling author and legal veteran Norman Bacal shares how stories are impactful because they connect us through our emotions and life experiences, how the best lawyers are the best storytellers, why we should all have a rehearsed 60 second infomercial about ourselves, the process of writing fiction and non-fiction, how t...
Jan 27, 2020•48 min
Listen, as Norman Bacal, author, consultant, and 35 year legal veteran, shares his insights and stories about how active listening can help you not only learn, but also improve your relationships with co-workers, clients, family, and friends. You will learn strategies for active listening, including the ideal mindset for listening, what to project, how narcissists are (sometimes) non-listeners, tips on small talk, as well as advice on developing relationships with clients. References & Links...
Jan 13, 2020•41 min
An efficient summary of the 19 Communication Skills from 2019, including the words we say, types of implicit communication, tips for specific people & contexts, & important meta learnings. THANKS for listening – and READING! Let’s TALK! Web: https://talkabouttalk.com/ FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512948625658629/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingAboutTalk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_about_talk Instagram: ht...
Dec 26, 2019•24 min
Working with difficult or negative people can be stressful. Learn reasons why people act so negatively and what you can do about it. Human Resources expert Tamara Finlay suggests diagnosing the issue using the SCARF model, then shares specific Do’s and Do-Not’s, depending on whether it is your peer, your subordinate or your boss. References & Links Tamara Finlay LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarafinlay/ Expert Interview on Talk About Talk episode #37: “Communication Media: Phone o...
Dec 16, 2019•29 min
Gift-giving is a highly symbolic form of communication. Are you a good gift giver? In this podcast you will learn how to think about gift-giving more rationally, with research-based tips about what matters and what doesn’t. Here’s a hint: We should worry less about how much money we spend. It’s typically the “low substance, high sentiment” gifts that are appreciated. It really is the thought that counts! References & Links Gift-Giving Mauss, Marcel (1924) THE GIFT https://archive.org/details...
Dec 02, 2019•23 min
Do you know when to use the phone or email? What about text, social media, and face-to-face meetings? How do you feel when you hear the phone ring? In this podcast episode, HR expert Tamara Finlay shares advice and frameworks to help you choose the ideal communication media or platform to optimize your communication. REFERENCES & LINKS Tamara Finlay LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarafinlay/ Recommendations: FastCompany Allegra Shaw Talk About Talk & Dr. Andrea Wojnicki Talk Abou...
Nov 18, 2019•33 min
Youth mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression are common. Nicole German, founder of The Maddie Project, shares her experience and thoughtful advice to parents, family members, coaches, teachers, anyone who interacts with youth. We need to step-it-up with awareness, empathy, and advocacy. “Anything we can do is goodness.” Doing little things and doing big things will make an impact, potentially saving a life. Shine bright! REFERENCES & LINKS Nicole German & The Maddie Projec...
Nov 05, 2019•40 min
Why is it so difficult to talk about money? Does your family have a budget? Do you have an updated will? What about a power of attorney? Listen and learn as experience strategist Kelly Harper shares strategies for talking to your partner, your parents, your children and your friends about money. PODCAST: https://talkabouttalk.com/35-money References & Links Kelly Harper LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-harper-7638104/ Recommendations: “ Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown Colleen Dila...
Oct 26, 2019•39 min
Lessons from the Improv comedy stage can help us improve our communication skills! Comedians Sandy Marshall and Sandy Jobin-Bevans share their expertise – and a few laughs – including playing the scene you’re in, the beauty of mistakes, knowing your audience, testing your audience, “YES-AND,” burning a suggestion, and more! Whether you’re pitching for business, interviewing for a new job, or talking to your kids, these improv lessons can make you a more effective communicator. Thank you Sandy &a...
Oct 16, 2019•45 min
