Phil’s Faves

A Phil’s Fave about Elevator Pitches

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Here’s another signature comment you’d hear in any of my networking presentations: I prefer ‘Elevator Speech’ in stead of ‘Elevator Pitch’: ‘Pitch’ sounds like you’re trying to sell something. Most people don’t like to sell. No one likes to be sold to. ‘Speech’ sounds like you want to share some information. Even though the difference … Read more

Your Growing List of Phil’s Faves

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‘Because perception is reality with audiences, all they know is what they see and hear. Therefore, if you look and sound like you’re comfortable and competent with your presentation, you are. If you don’t, you aren’t. And, you can quote me – Phil Stella, 21st Century workplace communication consultant, executive coach and author.

A Bad Email

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Here’s another Phil’s Fave you might have heard in a Workplace Writing presentation or workshop … ‘The only thing worse than a bad email is a great email that didn’t need to be an email. It should have been a text, phone call or brief face-to-face conversation.’                  … Read more

Phil’s Faves – Broncos

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Looks like sharing often-heard concepts from my workshops and presentations is both useful and interesting for many of you, like this ‘Phil’s Fave audience comment. ‘Thanks so much for being a bunch of bucking broncos today. It takes a lot of work and effort to keep pulling in the reins on bucking broncos, but it’s … Read more

Phil’s Fave – on Time

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Sounds like sharing often-heard concepts from my workshops and presentations is both useful and interesting for many of you. This Phil’s Fave is from a time management session – ‘If you paid yourself $100/hour, would you get your money’s worth from each task on your to do list? If not – dump it.’ (And … true to … Read more