by Trish Springsteen | Nov 3, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
Yesterday was Melbourne Cup Day in Australia. For Australians it is the race that stops a nation. All over the country bets were being placed, hats dusted off and copious amounts of champagne were being drunk at lunches. As the start of the race nears, silence...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 27, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Leadership, Public Speaking, Women in Business
At a recent interview skills workshop we were discussing what skills you need to gain a job or to progress within your current job. In 2002 the Department of Education Science and Training (DEST) in conjunction with the Business Council of Australia and the Australian...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 23, 2009 | Business, Communication, Job Interviews, Public Speaking
We at Trischel have had a number of years in the communication training business, and during that time I believe that we have committed just about every communication mistake ever imagined – which is why we are probably the experts, if it can go wrong we have done it...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 20, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Fear of public speaking is one of the Top Ten Fears that people have. In some lists it is number 2 after the fear of flying and often more people will state they fear public speaking over the fear of death. Now that is saying something about public speaking! The...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 18, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
…All shiny and new and wide awake!Isn’t language wonderful? Who hasn’t sat and listened as a consummate storyteller wove mental pictures for us with wonderful words?Have you ever wondered why language evolved the way it did – after all we are told that “a...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 16, 2009 | Communication, Public Speaking
Yesterday Trischel conducted a Presentation Skills Workshop where we had a lively discussion about the effectiveness of business communication. We considered that since we have been ‘communicating’ since we were babies we should know what we are doing. Alas – some of...
