Video - Impactful Communication

Greg Gillis and Lesly Higgins, experienced corporate coaches, will discuss and demonstrate various methods to effectively communicate; whether it is delivering a yearly review to a fellow Googler, developing your group's strategic vision, or influencing others towards an idea. By learning about Advocacy and Inquiry, Appreciate Inquiry, and Effective Feedback/Feedforward, you will come away from this workshop with concrete examples and experiences to help you get your message across with impact.

Create an instant bond with anyone you meet

People form their first impression of you in the first four seconds! Maximize your natural attributes to create an instant bond with anyone you meet.

Irresistible attraction means bringing your charismatic you to all of your relationships. Whether you are moving toward intimacy or simply want to be at your best, this video takes you through the laws of attraction and charisma. You will learn how to: ...Communicate with others at the Unconscious Level. ...Use easy to learn gestures and body positions to make or break a first impression. ...See what your (or their) eyes are really saying. ...What to say when you don't know what to say! ...Create chemistry with anyone at will. ...Words and phrases that virtually guarantee they will say yes! Kevin Hogan is an author and certified instructor of hypnotherapy and a body language media expert. Beth Bednar is a well known public speaker and real estate investor. She was an ABC-TV affiliate anchorperson and now does commercials and voice-overs.

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Prime Minister's Literary Awards

The Prime Minister has announced the winners of the new Prime Minister's Literary Awards, an inititiative celebrating Australian literature. Chosen from over 200 entries, these titles will make great reading. Fiction The Zookeeper's Warby Steven Conte Nonfiction Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip Jones Click here for more information on the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

The power of words - Quotation

No man has a prosperity so high or firm, but that two or three words can dishearten it; and there is no calamity which right words will not begin to redress. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

Swagger

The word "swagger" conjures up images of John Wayne starring in a classic Western movie or Mohammed Ali brashly proclaiming "I am the greatest." Does such swagger fit within the skill set of a leader? (...more)

Chat slang creeps into teens' assignments

It's nothing to LOL about: Despite best efforts to keep school writing assignments formal, two-thirds of teens acknowledge in a survey that emoticons and other informal styles have crept in. The Pew Internet and American Life Project, in a study released Thursday, also found that teens who keep blogs or use social-networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace have a greater tendency to slip nonstandard elements into assignments. The results may give parents, teachers and others a big :( — a frown to the rest of us — though the study's authors see hope. (... more)

Review: Conversationally Speaking : Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness

More than a million people have learned the secrets of effective conversation using Conversationally Speaking. By Alan Garner ... more