…but they are all fixable. Whether it’s your first time in the online meeting spotlight or you’re a veteran, check these 5 things before and while you’re on. In the days before writing this post, I wondered if the content wasn’t current, that it was ‘old hat’ and I was…

Presenting will become easier and easier when you micro-train in real-time life! I’m a big fan of integrating my time, energy and effort to serve many objectives at once. This includes practicing my presentation skills. I don’t mean multitasking. I mean, for example, that I walk extensively in my neighbourhood…

When you do need to meet in real-time, set yourself and your attendees up for online meeting success. — Image credits: TL yakobchuk TR shironosov BL Kerketz BR Anna Shvets, all from Canva.com Pro I referenced my somewhat Don Quixote-like advocacy for upgrading my work team’s virtual communications in an earlier post. In mid-March 2020, when we all had to work from home in one fell swoop, I was…

Sounds counter-intuitive but try it and you’ll be surprised! — photo credit: simonkr from Canva.com Pro I’ve been doing this for a while with my own meetings, and I see it being done in webinars, but it was kind of at a sub-conscious level to start. That’s because my background in TV and Radio, even though it wasn’t directly in…

From one often shy and definitely introverted speaker to another — We’re definitely heading into a work world in which being online/virtual/digital/distributed/remote is becoming more and more the standard and not simply a product of a Covid-19 forced shift. In my case, we did have the forced shift. The work unit to which I belong is scattered across about 25km with…

I’ve been wanting to share this FOR A LONG TIME. I’m not a psychologist or hold any formal credentials in that world. BUT. I’ve lived 51 years and can attest to how the things we tell ourselves can impact us just as much as what we are told by others…

Hello, Medium friends! You’re reading my VERY. FIRST. POST. HERE. I’m excited and at the same time nervous. I know I have no real reason to be nervous. I think you’ll enjoy my posts! …