Networking Like a Pro by Ivan Misner Networking can be a ‘love or loathe it’ event. The difference between spending an enjoyable period of time making new acquaintances and developing business leads, or becoming boring, uneventful and a waste of time! So how do you create the former and avoid the latter? Help is on hand with Ivan Minser’s book, Networking Like a Pro. It’s full of...

Communicate to Differentiate your Sustainability Performance   “Never confuse movement with action.” — Ernest Hemmingway Hemmingway’s words certainly ring true with the recent global sustainability conference, UN Climate Change Conference UK COP26. Over 30,000 delegates from more than 120 countries attended this two-week event in Glasgow. Movements... Whilst there were many pos...

Creating Positive Outcomes at Parent Meetings   You may have heard the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword*" when the words we use have a profound impact on someone's life. As an educator, if that someone is a child and the words are part of a conversation with parents, those phrases must be clear. Alphabet soup, or acronyms, cause miscommunication and confusion during...

Change The Way You COMMUNICATEWhy You Should | How You Canby Ken Haseley Highly recommended by the entire Spoken Word Communications team, Ken Haseley's new book is a must have for anyone who wants to strengthen their communication skills. Ken states, "Individuals who communicate effectively get others to listen, understand, and act on what was said...Communicating effectively invol...

“He’s not heavy, he’s my brother.” While societies across the world continue adapting to the changes brought by the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, organizations are bringing employees back to the office for face-to-face meetings and in-person presentations. Whether to inform, sell or persuade, using visual elements in a presentation are critical to illustrate your key points and m...

Are you planning to attending the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston, GasTech Conference in Dubai, Flame 2021 in Amsterdam, or World Energy Capital Assembly in London? With covid restrictions scaling back, these and many other exhibitions across the world are again opening their doors for delegates to network and learn about the latest industry developments. For those invited...

Lockheed Martin's First Female F-35 Production and Training Pilot Takes Flight* Monessa “Siren” Balzhiser took flight as Lockheed Martin’s first female F-35 Production and Training Pilot. The former United States Air Force F-16 pilot joins the ranks of an elite group of female F-35 pilots that have paved the way before her. Siren describes her first F-35 Production and Tr...