In honor of Women’s History Month, Allison Shapira addresses 5 of the top communication challenges shared by women leaders with whom we’ve worked over the past 20 years. Please share this as a resource with women on your team or in your network. While everyone needs...
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This month’s topic comes from an article Allison Shapira wrote for the Harvard Business Review on what to do when a tough question puts you on the spot. We’ve all experienced that moment when someone asks us a question and we’re caught unprepared. Maybe a direct...
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By Shelli Vasser Gilliam, Public Speaking Coach The new year is a unique opportunity to challenge our mindset, commit to thinking and doing things differently, and focus on growing personally and professionally. I said Yes! to a new opportunity to join Global Public...
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In October 2022, Global Public Speaking launched AMPLIFY, a new AI-powered instant public speaking practice platform utilizing Yoodli.ai. Following the launch, I hosted a LinkedIn Live to share how I learned about AI and its application within the public speaking...
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This month marks 10 years since that snowy morning when I left Boston and moved to Washington, DC to start a new life and a new business teaching public speaking. Prior to moving to DC, teaching public speaking had been a side business that I had always been afraid to...
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During the pandemic, one of our key learnings at Global Public Speaking was that we could no longer operate in a “business as usual” mindset, especially during a time of extreme uncertainty. We had to spring into action and adapt our thinking in order to transform our...
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Earlier this year, I spoke at the Institute for Excellence in Sales (IES), one of my favorite membership organizations in Washington, DC. My topic was “The Power of Authenticity in Sales”. One table in the room was full of young professionals hired right out of...
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Is public speaking the same across cultures? In this article for The European Financial Review, I discuss the similarities and differences in communication across cultures and share three tips regarding the universal process of preparing to speak in public. ...
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In my recent article for Harvard Business Review, “The New Rules of Work Clothes”, I interviewed investment executive Naima Judge after seeing a LinkedIn post that included a photo of her in white pants and a beautiful, bright yellow shirt with an African...
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Since the beginning of my career, people have asked me what to wear when speaking in public. I even recorded a video about it back in 2017. However, the pandemic has changed how people approach attire in the workplace, and public speaking is no exception. It’s not...
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