Wainger Wisdom
In this blog, we explore what it takes to engage, inspire and connect whether you are building a personal or organizational brand. Join us in this ongoing conversation about creating effective leadership communications with strategies and tactics that foster understanding and motivate people to act.
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How to Stay in Control When On the Spot
Seasoned business pros and corporate executives invest heavily in media training so they can deliver their messages clearly. Their calm, unflappable demeanor comes after intensive preparation and practice. This post offers a few lessons from media training that you can apply to everyday business situations.
How to Avoid Becoming the Crisis – We’ve Got Enough to Manage
It doesn’t take much to create a firestorm. One tweet dashed off in haste can lead to job ousters, plunging stock prices, and reputational damage that can take years to overcome. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are some tips for avoiding an unnecessary crisis.
How to Turn Bad PR Into An Amazing Opportunity
When faced with negative publicity, you can fight it or turn it to your advantage. And that’s exactly what the Kazakh Tourism Board did in response to the newly released Borat movie sequel that portrays the country unfavorably. As a result, they are garnering tons of favorable media coverage.
5 Tips to Build Your Powerful Virtual Presence Right Now
With all the virtual meetings taking place every day, we all have to become broadcasters. In this guest post, veteran broadcast journalist Jan Johnson offers valuable tips to help make you more effective.
Creating Messages that Will Change Your World
If you want to break through the noise, you have to have to great messages. Effective communicators know how to messages us where we hurt and where we hope. They know how to frame their product, ideas or services in ways that tap into what we most want or fear. Asking yourself, three questions will help you improve your messages.
Conquer Your Fear So You Communicate Better
Fear is one of our most powerful emotions. If we don’t know how to tame fear, it paralyzes us. Worse yet, others can use fear to manipulate us. Fear clouds our brains and stymies effective communication. Learn how to conquer yours in this post.
Want to Connect With and Influence Others? Learn to be Shticky!
The race to the top of whatever field you’re in is not won by skill, knowledge or talent alone. You also need to find something that makes you unforgettable and helps you stand out from the crowd. You need to find your “shtickiness,” in a world where the competition for our attention increases every day.
Yes, You Can Make Virtual Meetings Amazing
If you ever thought that a virtual meeting can’t be engaging, think again. A recent experience at an online dinner and networking event changed my mind, offering some powerful lessons on fostering interaction and intimacy while sitting in front of a screen. Learn how to make it happen.
Building Relationships IS the Most Valuable Thing You Can Do
Relationships are the foundation of all human activity. Our success in life hinges on our ability to forge and maintain bonds with people we like and trust. Relationships are based on an exchange of value. Learn more about how to increase your Return on Relationships.
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