Make Marketing Suck Less
Michelle Mazur
“You’re are not listening to me,” I yelled at my boss. I just spent 5 minutes explaining a problem we were having based on feedback that I received from my coworkers. My boss interrupted me and said, “Michelle, you really shouldn’t listen to the whining of your colleagues. A real leader…” And that is when I yelled.…
Read MoreRelationships are tough. Public speaking is tough too. Relationships take a lot of work to build and maintain. If we don’t do the work, then a break-up is inevitable. Just like any relationship, a speaker needs to continually build a connection with the audience! Here are 5 quick public speaking tips to successful build relationships with an audience. Tune into…
Read More“I’m such a fraud. No one wants to hear me speak. I’m not even a good speaker. I’m going to FAIL!” These were all the thoughts running through my mind as I stepped up to the podium for the first time when I was in 10th grade. I was always too preoccupied with the my…
Read MoreOver cocktails, a friend of mine said something dreadful to me: “You need to do a video blog.” Like most people, I hate watching myself on film. It’s painful, and I find myself having to trample down the demon of self-critique. My friend told me that if I am writing a blog about building relationships,…
Read More“Stop. Collaborate and listen!” Could it be that Vanilla Ice has great advice for collaboration? I hear the word collaboration thrown around a lot by leaders and managers. Unfortunately, collaboration usually means “Let’s divide the work up. Bam! We’re collaborating.” The end result is usually a project that is written in a different voices and…
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