Author Archives: Deborah Boswell

It can be a painful process to find that voice. It requires work, internally and externally. But it can be done. Finding your voice will help open up doors that will allow you to find the success you seek in your life.

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Most of us in the business and corporate world can relate to Donald’s process because, really, it’s our process, too. It’s creating and communicating verbal messages that are relevant to the listener and in context to the situation or subject being discussed.

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I’ve heard that spending 10 minutes in front of the right audience can do more for your career than 20 years behind a desk. I’m not sure how you would prove this, but my instincts tell me it’s true. My … Continue reading →

The viewer gets the feeling that Jacobs just wants to get the acceptance speech over. He basically read from his notes. It is a good idea to write your speech before presenting but I believe that it hurts your credibility to read your notes. The same goes for memorizing your notes. Continue reading →

Stuttering. For many that word creates immense fear and stress. Fear and stress for the one God-given talent that separates the human race from the animal kingdom. That talent or ability is: SPEECH. Continue reading →

It’s affirming to see something in the media that treats people who stutter with dignity, but you don’t have to be the King of England to succeed as a person who stutters!

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We aren’t much of a reading generation and we don’t care a great deal about word choice. We just grab a word from our limited repertoire and hope it reflects what we want to say.
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I distinctly remember the shame of being seen sitting on the floor in the hall outside of Mrs. McNorton’s room….. Continue reading →

I was working with a long-time client when he blurted out “if I had known then what I know now I would have approached my job in a different way!”. I asked him to elaborate. He began to share that what he has learned from our year of coaching in effective communication skills has taught him that being successful at your profession has more to do with communicating Continue reading →