by Trish Springsteen | Dec 18, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
A number of our world leaders seem to be in the grip of communication problems. Here in Australia our Prime Minister has delivered Christmas cheer (or gloom) to members of her government by a rearrangement of the cabinet. Her expressed...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 18, 2011 | Communication
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. ~Winston Churchill Well I suppose Winnie should know, he wrote enough of them – words that is; and I’ve been writing a few over the weekend and have been struggling with some dialogue which isn’t going...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 14, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Interesting Point – how do we persuade others to our point of view?When we need to persuade someone it indicates that they may be unwilling to believe us. There is a great deal of difference between ‘informing’ your audience on the history of climate change; and...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 1, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
It’s the *shudder* old myth again!! Pundits propounding in print about the unimportance of the ‘words’ we use to convey our message. And yet, here we are – together; me at my place and you at yours and all the gestures and body language in the world is not going...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Last time, we looked at the types of relationships that we develop within a working community, and how our communication and expectations of that communication change.The working environment is built on relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, and a variety of...