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Focus on These Four Tips To Improve Your Presentation Skills

Focus on These Four Tips To Improve Your Presentation Skills

You finally did it. You and your team worked for the entire quarter to complete a project and now, it is finally complete. You are proud of all of the planning and strategy that went into completing this project and are excited that it has finally come to fruition. As...
Five Tips To Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

Five Tips To Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

It’s human nature to be nervous when giving a speech or a presentation. Whether your boss asked you to present this quarter’s report to the board of directors or you’re giving a keynote speech at your company’s biggest conference, everyone gets nervous when...
Improve Your Networking Skills In These Four Steps

Improve Your Networking Skills In These Four Steps

Networking is one of the most powerful tools you can use to help propel your professional career. Establishing connections is a great opportunity to learn from mentors, showcase your talents, and if you do things right, maybe even land a new job. All that being said,...
How Listening Can Propel Your Career

How Listening Can Propel Your Career

How many times a day do you find yourself in a conversation with someone and catch yourself more focused on how you’re going to respond, rather than actually listening and digesting what the other person is saying? This is something that we all do, even if we don’t...
How To Set Professional Development Goals

How To Set Professional Development Goals

From the time we first enter school, we are taught that one of the most important things we can do to set ourselves up for success is to give ourselves different goals to hit. In high school this may look like getting two “As” and three “Bs” in our classes, or making...