Read Between the Signs As face-to-face meetings become more commonplace it seemed like a good time to talk about the importance of paying attention to the body language of your pitch target, lunch date,… Read More
Distance Selling? Zoom In and Close the Deal For many people, the best and easiest part of selling their product or service used to be when they would hand it to the potential retailer/buyer and say, “Here, touch… Read More
Whether it’s Zoom or Live, YOU are the Show OK, you have your technology in-hand and your presentation honed. You’re done, right? Not so fast. As noted in How to Wow, people retain approximately 7% of what you say.… Read More
You are Presenting (or Interviewing or Dating) from 3 Blocks Away This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to meet with a number of young fashion designers to discuss the launch of their brands. One of the things we talked about… Read More
The Formula for Effective Feedback How many of you have suffered when giving others feedback—either because you worry about how it will land or because you have tried in the past to mixed results? You… Read More
Do You Want to Be Awesome at Your Job? Check this Out A few weeks ago I was asked to participate in the “How to Be Awesome at Your Job” podcast and I had so much fun. Among the (many!) things we… Read More
Get Up in Your Own Business Yes, that’s me in the photo and no it’s not terribly comfortable. Why am I sending this to you today? Because what happens on the mat often informs what happens… Read More
Got Response? No? One Easy Way to Get the Response You Want These past few weeks I’ve been working with a client on his fundraising. One consistent change I have been making has been to the last line of his request letter.… Read More
The Importance (and Fun) of Being RISKsponsible I was speaking today with a friend who is thinking of moving from his townhouse in Philadelphia to a biodynamic “Earthship” in Taos, New Mexico. He mentioned that he had… Read More
If You Can’t Fix It, Feature It The first time I heard this phrase was at a cocktail party. Someone said, “Group picture– look this way!” The gentleman next to me said, “I do not like having… Read More