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Black History Month Stats for your next PowerPoint
Posted by TJ Walker in PowerPoint, Public Speaking Skills, tip of the day on December 9, 2011
This graphic displaces some statistics about Black History Month that are both interesting and laid out nicely.
Consider how they graphically displayed these figures. You might consider using the same techniques in your next presentation.
Speak and Be Heard: TJ Walker in WorkingWomen.com
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Press Room, speech writing, Story Telling, tip of the day, Training Community on December 2, 2011
Whether it’s your first team meeting, a big presentation or just introducing yourself at a networking event, learning how to speak with confidence can be a daunting task. Here are tips from TJ Walker, who can help you put your best self forward.
Learn to Like Your Voice: Most people hate the sound of their voice because they’ve heard it on tape, voicemail or video. For most of us, our voices aren’t horrible or wrong, we’re just used to hearing it through our own skulls and it sounds different. The rule is simple: don’t worry about trying to alter your voice; just get over it. It’s much more important to sound compassionate and engaging.
Battle Of The Grays: Men, Women and Gray Hair -TJ Walker On The Today Show
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, tip of the day on May 20, 2011
How does going gray effect the perception that people have of you? TJ Walker was a member of a panel interviewed by the Today Show on this topic.
Journalistic Integrity Missing in Chicago. Mayor Daley Farewell Video Analysis
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Government & Politics, tip of the day, Video, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on May 20, 2011
Anchors’ ethics take a back seat in furniture ad bidding Daley farewell.
Donald Trump NOT running for President, prefers Celebirty Apprenctice -Media Training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Media Training, tip of the day, Video on May 16, 2011
Communication Tip of the Day: Return the Media Phone Call!
Posted by TJ Walker in media relations, tip of the day on March 13, 2011
Do you like it when possible business partners, clients, or dates don’t return your phone calls? The media will hate you if you don’t return their calls.
Communication Tip: Conference Call
Posted by TJ Walker in tip of the day on March 12, 2011
Don’t use the speakerphone unless unavoidable. You’ll be much harder to hear for everyone else on the call, plus it adds extra room noise onto the call.
Presentation Tip of the Day: Do not commit a speech to memory.
Posted by TJ Walker in Public Speaking Skills, tip of the day on March 11, 2011
Do not commit a speech to memory. If you do, you will sound like you are reading a speech from the teleprompter in your brain, you will sound just as canned and phony as if you had the script in front of you.
Training Tip: Abstraction is your enemy. If you are communicating abstract concepts, give extra preparation to vivid analogies and word pictures that can be visualized by your audience.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, tip of the day, Training Community, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 8, 2011
Training Tip: Abstraction is your enemy. If you are communicating abstract concepts, give extra preparation to vivid analogies and word pictures that can be visualized by your audience.
Media Training Tip: Don’t “dumb” you message down. It takes more intellectual rigor and discipline to communicate in one minute than it does to blab on and on for 10 minutes.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, tip of the day, Training Community on March 8, 2011
Media Training Tip: Don’t “dumb” you message down. It takes more intellectual rigor and discipline to communicate in one minute than it does to blab on and on for 10 minutes.
Charlie Sheen tirade shuts down sitcom – Crisis Communication
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Crisis Communications, tip of the day, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 25, 2011
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The hookers, the arrests, the drugs were all put up with but Charlie Sheen finally crossed the line attacking Two and A Half Men show creators yesterday.
Production on the show has closed down. How will Sheen and CBS deal with this crisis communication moment?
ANALYSIS: How to take your radio career/show to the next level
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Communications, Technology, tip of the day on February 23, 2011
Hello T.J.,
Currently, I am the creator/host of a radio program which airs Sunday nights at (xx)pm. on (XXXX) AM 1XX0, as well as on eight internet radio outlets. It is also in syndication on 14 more thru the week. My program is called(XXXX). I feature indie bands, solo artists and performers. It is a combination talk/music program.
MEDIA TRAINING TIP: “I don’t know, but I will find out and get back to you before deadline” is an infinitely better thing to say to a reporter than making up facts that doesn’t turn out to be true.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Media Training, Technology, tip of the day on February 23, 2011
MEDIA TRAINING TIP: “I don’t know, but I will find out and get back to you before deadline” is an infinitely better thing to say to a reporter than making up facts that doesn’t turn out to be true.
Media Training tip of the Day: If you are going to apologize for some great blunder or offense you’ve committed, do it right away. If you wait a week until after everyone i the world has criticized you, you won’t get any credit for being real or sincere in your apology or change in policy.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Media, Media Training, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 22, 2011
Media Training tip of the Day: If you are going to apologize for some great blunder or offense you’ve committed, do it right away. If you wait a week until after everyone in the world has criticized you, you won’t get any credit for being real or sincere in your apology or change in policy.
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace on February 20, 2011
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
What are examples of business jargon or marketing speak that writers and presenters should avoid? -presentation training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Pitching, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 17, 2011
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What are examples of business jargon that writers and presenters should avoid? -QUORA questions
Michigan Man Demonstrates How Not to Make a Viral Video -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 17, 2011
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The YouTube posting, removed from the Internet late Tuesday, shows Emory sitting on a chair in front of a group of young children, playing a guitar and singing a song about having sex and doing sexual things.
Chobani Greek Yogurt Fuses Traditional Advertising Campaign With Social Media
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, CEOs/Financial, publishing, Social Media, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community on February 17, 2011
Chobani is now undertaking a major ad campaign where they focus on their actual users in billboard and TV ads. Here’s what a spokesperson told the New York Times:
“We did not want a ‘corporate-out’ campaign,” he added. “We wanted a ‘consumer-up’ campaign, to tap into and extend the ‘Chobani love’ that is rapidly spreading across the country.”
Crisis Communications Tip of the Day: If you have to beat up reporters to stop negative stories about yourself, you probably don’t have much time left in power. Plan accordingly.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, tip of the day, Training Community on February 17, 2011
Crisis communications Tip of the Day: If you have to beat up reporters to stop negative stories about yourself, you probably don’t have much time left in power. Plan accordingly.
New Obama spokesman Carney steps into spotlight -VIDEO analysis -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Government & Politics, Politics, tip of the day, Training Community, Video, Voice, Workplace on February 16, 2011
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WH’s Carney Deflects Question on Iranian Warships In the Suez.
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