Showing results by publisher "Made for Success" in Communication & Social Skills

Email has become the great blessing, as well as the great curse, of today’s career professionals. Each of us is deluged by more messages coming in than we can comfortably respond to. How can we better manage email so as to better manage our day and our time? In this compelling session, professional speaker Jeff Davidson, who has written such popular books as Breathing Space, Simpler Living, The Ten Minute Guide to Managing Time, and The 60 Second Organizer, lays out a plan to help you get started immediately.

Have you ever wondered why some presenters have such a strong impact on their audience? What if there was a way you could increase your credibility when you speak? How would you like to know nonverbal strategies used by people like Oprah Winfrey, Winston Churchill, and James Earl Jones that made (or makes) them so compelling?

In networking situations, anyone can feel awkward at one time or another - even those charismatic extroverts who look like they are having all the fun. But that awkward experience doesn't have to be yours - not anymore. This program gives you all the tools and techniques you need to master the art of networking.

Great stories are more like a movie than a report. Like a good movie, they are crafted to stimulate an emotional as well as a logical response. They are engaging and effective because they activate the listener's imagination.

Join a bestselling author and an internationally published psychologist in an entertaining look at successfully dealing with intimidating personality types. Get prepared for crucial conversations with the top seven personality types and learn how successful leaders deal with their challenges. Mastery in dealing with difficult people and tense situations is a learned skill, and through this program you will learn techniques that will allow you to easily and rapidly handle interpersonal communications issues.

Does it feel like sometimes others at work are not listening to you? Or if they are listening to you, they don't act on what you say? Is it hard for you to get people's attention? Do you say "yes" when you would prefer to say "no"? If these and related issues have been tugging on your mind, perhaps you need to be more assertive. You're not alone. If it's always been hard for you to get the attention of others, to be heard, or to be followed, take heed. Many people feel the same way. Today many people are finding themselves being increasingly not heard.

Do you do everything in your power to avoid having hard or awkward conversations? First off, you’re not alone. I’m sure most of us have turned to walk the other way when we spot someone with whom we need to have a tough chat! However, we’re here to tell you there is a better way. Awkward Moments is a compilation of audio programs designed to help you navigate situations that used to make you cringe. 

Up to today, you've been behaving the way you do because of old internal programming and the attitudes that support those patterns. You may consider alternatives, but most of the time you tend to run on autopilot from your past learning. Within the framework of your thinking and focus, are you directing your destiny and life intentionally or are you going through life by default? That is a choice. The goal of The Achievement Manifesto is to give you a comprehensive formula for generating the success you desire - both personally and professionally.

The fear of public speaking is the most common dread any of us will ever face. In fact, it's the number one phobia on the planet! Yet the ability to communicate effectively in front of a crowd is the most important skill to have if you want to advance your career. Being able to master your fear of public speaking and control your stage fright will bring you closer to phenomenal success than mastery of any other challenge.

Would you like to be respected and admired without saying a word? Would you like to discover and use nonverbal techniques for negotiating a pay raise at work? Would you like to overcome the fear of public speaking? Then this is the program for you! Internationally acclaimed speaker and author Dawn Jones presents “The Power of Focus, What are You NOT Saying?”

When speaking to groups, one of the surefire techniques that you can employ to be effective is the use of stories. Stories have intrigued humankind since our earliest days as cave dwellers. Regardless of what you’re trying to achieve, telling the audience a story increases their propensity to be attentive.In this captivating session, professional speaker Jeff Davidson, who has addressed nearly eight hundred audiences in forty six states of the union and in six foreign countries, lays out exactly what it takes to effectively use stories with your audiences.

Whether you’re an author, a business professional, or you simply want to be better at harnessing the power of the written word, this program can help. The storytelling tools and writing techniques contained here will help you manipulate words on paper to your greatest advantage. You’ll understand the power of using a story, a quote, or some powerful hook to rope in the reader from the very first paragraph. You’ll also learn why it’s important to understand who the reader is, what he or she needs, and how you can best convey your point.

Perfect punctuation: it's not just for professors, publishers and pencil pushers! Whether you are writing the next New York Times best-selling novel or an email to coworkers and customers, you need to know how to skillfully use punctuation in your writing. Whatever issues may be challenging you today, punctuation doesn't have to be one of them because author Liv Montgomery makes it fun and understandable.

There's a book inside you, just begging to be written. But if you're like most people, the task of writing it gets pushed aside day by day until the weeks become years. Speaker and author Liv Montgomery has published more than 80 book and audio titles in less than two years. Learn from a high-output author with dozens of published works the techniques for writing at super speed, and you too can draft your book in a single day!

Giggle while you learn grammar! Life in the modern era means communication, so how are you coming across? You may know that the English language is anything but pure, with contributions from a jumbled mix of languages, everything from Greek to Techno Geek. In this shrinking world, if your grammar isn't quite up to par, your customers and colleagues, friends and family may judge you a little harshly. With so much riding on the language you use, doesn't it make sense to wrap your mind around a few simple rules of grammar? 

During this high-content audio loaded with meaningful examples, today’s workplace writer will gain the hot tips, tools, and techniques for getting your written message across with the results you want.

Listening is just as important as speaking. Good listening draws people to you. Poor listening causes them to drift away. This program offers a powerful set of tools to help you build your listening skills up to maximum effectiveness. Jumpstart your way to better listening today!

Would you like to immediately capture the attention of your reader—and keep it? Would you like people to grasp the point of your message—and remember it? Would you like people to read and respond to your emails and other informal, yet crucial correspondence? Or even have your ideas read and respected when writing to a publisher?

Knowing how to lead difficult people in crucial conversations to improved relationships is an essential skill. In this audio program, you will learn proven strategies to assist you in anticipating problem people, stopping tensions from boiling over, retaining the upper hand in a conflict, stopping power plays, and avoiding communication breakdowns.

Would you like to use your personality to successfully deal with intimidating people? Would you like to use your personality to motivate people to action? Perhaps you’d like to know if your personality is talking people into or out of your ideas, or even discover how the best leaders face personality challenges and succeed. Well now you can! Internationally acclaimed speaker and author Dawn Jones presents her incredible “Top Seven Personality Challenges,” along with how to communicate with success with each personality type.