Tip of the Week Archives - The Chief Storyteller

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Improve Your Presentation Visuals – Tip

Today's presentation visuals tip comes from my response to the LinkedIn Collaborative Article question. These questions are generated by LinkedIn, with a restriction of 750 characters, which is about 125…

Ira KoretskyDecember 2, 2024

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Develop your “Story Library” – Tip

Develop your "Story Library" is a must-do as part of your communications strategy. It's the core of my answer to the LinkedIn question, "What are the most effective communication strategies…

Ira KoretskyApril 5, 2024

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Be a Lighthouse – Scan Your Audience – Tip

Be a Lighthouse. Scan your audience. Here's a tip as a public speaker or trainer. This is the answer I provided to the LinkedIn question, "How can you use active…

Ira KoretskyMarch 29, 2024

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Most Memorable Moment – Start Your Story Here

"Start in the middle. Start in the middle. Start in the middle." This was something Patrick would drill into the new players, day after day. And sometimes, seasoned players as…

Ira KoretskyApril 20, 2022

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Looking for THAT Cat Zoom Filter? You Won’t Find It. Alternatives Inside

Were you looking for THAT cat zoom filter to put into your favorite virual webinar platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc.? Let me save you some time.…

Ira KoretskyFebruary 11, 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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Internship – Create Your Own – Big Idea #2

Last week, I wrote "Internship - Keep It this Summer - Big Idea #1," based on some of my students (I'm an adjunct at the University of Maryland1) asking me…

Ira KoretskyApril 15, 2020

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Internship – Keep It this Summer – Big Idea #1

One of my last semester's students (I'm an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland) asked me for advice about how to keep his internship, which looks like it is…

Ira KoretskyApril 8, 2020

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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

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Interest Questions, Your Key to Conversation Success

It's 8am. You just arrived at your conference. You make a bee-line for your necessary morning jolt of java. As you are stirring in your sugar, Jenna, next to you,…

Ira KoretskyJune 5, 2019

Tip of the Week

Improve Your Presentation Visuals – Tip

Develop your “Story Library” – Tip

Be a Lighthouse – Scan Your Audience – Tip

Most Memorable Moment – Start Your Story Here

Looking for THAT Cat Zoom Filter? You Won’t Find It. Alternatives Inside

Preferences, Politics, Pastimes – The Power of Alliteration

Internship – Create Your Own – Big Idea #2

Internship – Keep It this Summer – Big Idea #1

Interest Questions, Your Key to Conversation Success

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