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The Currency You Didn’t Know You Were Spending – Sylvia Baffour

I've been friends with Sylvia Baffour and have collaborated and partnered with her for many years now. I always enjoy her insights. While many might say she and I are…

Ira KoretskyMarch 26, 2025

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Invitation — Sales to the Power of (Better) Delivery — 25 Jan Live

If you are looking to upskill your delivery and public speaking skills and learn aspects about language you never thought of, here's an invite to Sales to the Power of…

Ira KoretskyJanuary 4, 2024

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Manage HR Award – Top 10 Emerging Executive Coaching Companies

I am honored and proud of the award from Manage HR Magazine as one of the "Top 10 Emerging Executive Coaching Companies for 2022." Manage HR Magazine is one of…

Ira KoretskyOctober 2, 2022

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DeCarol Davis Commencement – Apply Figures of Speech to Improve Impact

While doing some research on figures of speech, which is in broader terms, what we at The Chief Storyteller® call Writing Enhancements (ways to improve engagement and impact with your…

Ira KoretskyAugust 10, 2022

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Diacope – Increase Impact with this Word Repetition

This blog post is about Diacope, a Repetition Figure of Speech. It is part of a series on repetition. I share them as the English language has hundreds of literary…

Ira KoretskyJuly 6, 2022

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Best Super Bowl 2022 Commercials for Figures of Speech

This year, I am changing things up a bit for Super Bowl commercials. Typically, I list my favorite Super Bowl 2022 commercials with commentary about the effectiveness of each commercial's…

Ira KoretskyFebruary 14, 2022

screen capture from Bond movie, Dr. No, where 007 says, "Bond, James Bond," which is #22 on the top 100 movie quotes

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Greatest Movie Quotes – Making Your Messages Memorable

Did you know that Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books, intentionally named 007 something dull and plain? I didn't. Of course, the irony in all of this for…

Ira KoretskyFebruary 17, 2021

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Preferences, Politics, Pastimes – The Power of Alliteration

I recently read a light and fun article on our preoccupation with "liking." In "Like, Enough With The Liking Already," (Funny Times) author Laura Boggs paints a vivid picture of…

Ira KoretskyAugust 19, 2020

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Onomatopoeia – a Hoot of a Song from Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren's song, Onomatopoeia is lively. It's fun. And it's educational. It reinforces the importance of making your communication interesting and engaging. I was on YouTube doing some research on…

Ira KoretskyJanuary 29, 2020

black text on yellow - alliteration with 4C's Confident, Connected, Committed, Courageous

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Effective Alliteration with HBR Article on 4C’s of Leadership

I was on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) website reading an article on leadership. The fun and also illustrative image below first caught my eye. Then the article title grabbed…

Ira KoretskyJune 27, 2019

Language + Words

The Currency You Didn’t Know You Were Spending – Sylvia Baffour

Invitation — Sales to the Power of (Better) Delivery — 25 Jan Live

DeCarol Davis Commencement – Apply Figures of Speech to Improve Impact

Diacope – Increase Impact with this Word Repetition

Best Super Bowl 2022 Commercials for Figures of Speech

Greatest Movie Quotes – Making Your Messages Memorable

Preferences, Politics, Pastimes – The Power of Alliteration

Onomatopoeia – a Hoot of a Song from Todd Rundgren

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