Leadership

Leadership

When COVID shut us all down three years ago, the first online courses we were asked to teach focused on communication for leaders.  Whether the programs were touted as leadership or not, the idea was to create skills for people leading teams and the need to bridge the...
April Fools

April Fools

It fell on a weekend, so you may have missed it.  April Fools’ Day was my kids’ favorite day of the year.  They could tell me wild things – some call that lying – and not get punished for it by simply yelling “April Fools!” when I caught them in the untruth.  It was...
New Speaking Developments

New Speaking Developments

Instead of our usual format of tips to make you a better communicator, we took a break this month to collect some of the more noteworthy developments and products in the speaking world.  Here’s what we found…     Online Heavyweight Partnership   In a...
Feedback

Feedback

We recently launched our first course on MillsWyck Academy.  But before we did, I felt it prudent to get some feedback.  I reached out to some of our most loyal clients and asked them to take the course and give us candid feedback and opinions of the course and what...
Beam Me Up, Scottie

Beam Me Up, Scottie

Most presentation remotes made in the modern era come with a laser pointer built in (even mine, put as the center button!). My guess is that the engineers who design such things think anything with a laser is cool. Plus, they don’t take much power (battery), and are...
Being Great

Being Great

Over the last month, I’ve taken in an unusual amount of “culture”.  The Night before Christmas as a live play.  The Nutcracker with full symphony accompaniment.  An Irish Christmas concert, with one of the most talented bands I’ve ever seen live.  A Christmas...

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