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Communication Skills

• DISCover Your Self-Publishing Style
• Give Zing to Your Presentation Openings and Closings!
• How Long Since You Cleaned Your Personal Filter?
• Move out of Your Comfort Zone to Create Better Chemistry!
• If You Want to Get Along Better With People, Try the DISC Approach
• Phone Skills Still Vital for Business Success (Part I)
• Phone Skills Still Vital for Business Success (Part II)
• Shhh! Listen, Don’t Just Hear
• Show Confidence Through Your Walk and Posture
• What Does Your Group Culture Say?
• What's the Grade Level of Your Body Language Skills?
• What You Say Before You Speak, Part I
• What You Say Before You Speak, Part II
• Where You Sit Speaks Volumes
• Words Have no Meaning Until You Give it to Them

Business Networking Skills

• Build a New Kind of Wealth - Social Capital
• Build Your LinkedIn Video Clip on Your Verbal Business Card
• Business Cards - Small but Mighty Warriors!
• Face-to-face Networking Still Number One to Start Relationships
• Get a Grip: Six Handshakes You Need to Know
• Holiday Networking Etiquette
• How to Find Business in Your Backyard
• If You Want to Catch Trout,
  Don’t go to a Catfish Pond
• Increase Sales by Getting Better Known and Trusted
• Learn the Art of Ending a Conversation
• Let the World Know!
• Networking is a Continuous Process
• Networking Works When You Know How
• Never Stop Networking … Especially When You Have a Job
• Quit Politicking, Start Networking to Ensure Career and Business Success
• Relationship Building Moves Like a Turtle ... Slow and Steady!
• Speak to Boost Your Business and Career
• "Thank You" is an Ongoing Process
• The Art of Starting a Conversation
• The Ole Boy Network Still Has Teeth
• Top-of-Mind Positioning is Center of Your Business
• Top Ten Business Networking Tips
• Work an Event, not Just a Room

"Thanks for sharing your article discussing the art of ending conversations. I have
shared it with my sales and recruiting teams. All of us will benefit from your advice.”

Bob Kloss, VP
Interactive Business Systems, Inc.

“May I post your ‘Words Have no Meaning’ article to my listserv for the Chicago Writers Association? It’s
just as applicable to writers as to speakers. Keep on writing
your interesting, informative articles!”

Juli Schatz, executive editor
Chicagoland Business Elite 

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