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May 23, 2024 By Sonja Stetzler

How to Build a Successful Relationship with a Meeting Planner

Your meeting planner's success is related to your success

One important element that should not be overlooked is the relationship one builds with the meeting planner. One of the best ways to keep your speaking pipeline filled is to build a successful relationship with a meeting or event planner as their success is related to your success. The following are several ways to ensure […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Presentation Tips Tagged With: Advice for Speakers, communication, communication skills, effective communicating, effective communication, event planning, How to Build a Successful Relationship with a Meeting Planner, how to communicate with the event planner, how to work with a meeting planner, meeting planner, presentation tips

February 22, 2024 By Sonja Stetzler

5 Ways to Ensure Effective Cross-Cultural Communication

Be mindful of cultural sensitivity when communicating your message, cross-cultural communication

Become a more effective speaker by strengthening your cross-cultural communication skills. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to speak to audiences in other countries (virtually) as well as coach professionals not from the United States who wanted to improve their presentation delivery to a US-based audience. Whether speaking to an audience from a country […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Speaking Tips Tagged With: communication, communication skills, communication strategies, Cross-Cultural Communication, cross-cultural presenting, effective communicating, effective communication, effective connecting, effective cross-cultural communication, intercultural communication

March 23, 2023 By Sonja Stetzler

How Unlearning a Behavior Leads to Growth

Unlearning a behavior is critically important in improving skills to take us to the next level.

Unlearning a behavior is critically important in improving skills to take us to the next level. I recently worked with a client who wanted to improve her public speaking delivery as she was asked to speak to larger audiences than she had previously presented to in her role at her organization. She viewed herself as […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Personal Development, Speaking Tips Tagged With: Advice for Speakers, communication skills, develop new skills and perspectives, how to improve skills, how to improve speaking skills, how unlearning a behavior leads to growth, personal development, professional development, Speaking Tips

August 18, 2022 By Sonja Stetzler

5 Strategies That Make Speaking Up in Meetings Easier

Public speaking can take more forms than just a planned and prepared speech, speak up in meetings

One challenge that I’ve been observing over the past several months with several clients is speaking up in meetings. In my coaching practice, I often work with clients who have received feedback that they aren’t contributing or speaking up in meetings. There are several reasons why this may be occurring: lack of self-confidence, inner fear […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Public Speaking Tagged With: communicating in meetings, communication skills, communication strategies, effective communication, how to contribute in meetings, how to participate in meetings, how to speak up in meetings, participating in meetings, speaking strategies, speaking up in meetings

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