It's a noisy world out there.
It's a noisy world out there.
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Five Things People Never Say
What do people say about your meetings and presentations? Do you know? Are you sure?
Meetings are the Organization’s Blood Cells
Meetings, conference calls and presentations are the blood cells that regulate the blood flow of your business. In a healthy organization, the meetings, conference calls and presentations are well run. In other words, the “informational blood flow” is healthy, because the “meeting blood cell” is healthy.
Organizational Blood Flow
We now live in an “information overload” environment. We have too much information, and it flows at us in overwhelming ways.
In this sort of an environment, the best organizations need to be very clear about what information is most important to their success, and then make sure that it is flowing in the healthiest ways possible.
Forensic Preparation for Stronger Connection
How do you prepare for that big sales call, or that important meeting with your boss? If you prepare at all (not trying to insult you, but a shocking number of people still try to “wing it”), and if you are like most people we meet, then you
Three Keys to Creating Better Audience Engagement
Engaging your audience during a virtual meeting is really hard, they say. And most people we work with are desperate for ways to create more engagement with their audience… because it feels next to impossible to create it.
A Suggested New Year’s Resolution
Happy new year! We hope you all had a restful and joyous holiday, and we look forward to charging ahead into 2024 with you. Here is a quick thought to get our year started off correctly, something that we are taking on here at The Latimer Group.