17 June 2020
Stuart Luth, Coach and Lead Experience Designer
1 June 2020
Bill Hoogterp, Founder and CEO
12 May 2020
Stuart Luth, Coach and Lead Experience Designer
5 May 2020
Lidia Arshavsky, Coach and Director of Coaching
27 April 2020
Bill Hoogterp, Founder and CEO
An Intro To My Blog -
Sometimes I lose sleep at night. It breaks my heart when I think of all the people in the world, our brothers and sisters, who don’t get to realize their potential in life–at least in terms of developing their intellect or economics. To not even have a decent shot at it because of where they […]
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Does a bullet really hit? -
Think about that when you use bullets in your presentations. Rather than using too many of them, target them carefully. Even better, why not try to win without shooting.
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Feedback: The Gift That Keeps Giving -
Here at Own The Room, we say that feedback is a gift. During our communication skills training, we encourage everyone to not only ask for feedback on their presentations but to demand it. Insights from others are important because they can help us see elements of our communication style – verbal and nonverbal – that we cannot always see.
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Make Your Meeting Count -
What would you do with an extra hour in your day? I’m guessing your answer wasn’t, “I’d love to spend it in a meeting.” All of us have many important things vying for our time. That’s one reason it can feel so frustrating when our time gets eaten up in required meetings – especially meetings that weren’t productive, or that we shouldn’t have been in, in the first place.
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