“Love love love” is in the air this week! I was trying to think of a Valentine’s Day related post for this year and looked to last year’s...

Some people say that public speaking is one of the top things people fear. In fact, these same people say that most of us would rather...

Let’s face it, the world is a critical place. Television shows’ “humor” is based on personal attacks and put-downs. Most reality...

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson On the morning of the presidential inauguration, as I was...

In last week’s post concerning office holiday party behavior, one of the recommendations was to engage at the party– to put yourself out...

This isn't going to be one of those well-thought-out lists of profound things for which we all should be grateful. I wanted to find out,...

Any time management article will suggest that you “prioritize,” but many of us don’t really know how to do that. It seems everything is a...

My best friend's mother, Mary Joy Brooks, died on October 4th after a more than 11 year battle with stage four metastatic breast cancer. ...

When it comes to things they don’t want to do, people generally don’t go quietly. They passively or actively resist, question, argue, and...

If you’re shocked, appalled, or offended, please read last week’s blog post… again. We’ll be back next week! #unplugtechnology #unplug...

I'm one of those people who fought getting a smartphone for a long time. My excuse? I didn't want to be THAT connected or accessible. I...

When I teach workshops on communication, I always mention that it seems most people use their best communication skills with strangers...

If traditional networking leaves you feeling like a circling vulture, or the roadkill being circled, here's a different approach that helps achieve the same, or even better, outcome.

Someone I know was recently diagnosed with cancer. This weekend, I learned he had died. Although we were really just acquaintances, his...

Last week, I posed some questions you should ask yourself before initiating a challenging conversation. Now that you’ve had some time to...

Many people say PowerPoint is dead, killed off by the new generation of online presentation tools such as Prezi. However, in most...

Many people say PowerPoint is dead, killed off by the new generation of online presentation tools such as Prezi. However, in most...

When I started the Practical Communication Blog, my second post was entitled, "What You Don't Know About Nonverbal Communication Can Hurt...

When I started the Practical Communication Blog, my second post was entitled, “What You Don’t Know About Nonverbal Communication Can Hurt...

At the end of the day, the bottom line with communication is to create a win-win situation between you and your audience. In a nutshell,...