We speak with Cara about the benefits of teaching students the tools to communicate powerfully and the impact it has made on their lives, school, and families.

Today's guest, Thomas Ross shares his experience, his heart, his wisdom, and insight from what he learned spending a year in Russia teaching English as a second language with his wife and daughter in the middle of a global pandemic.

Today's podcast is about the power of communication skills and their impact on the lives of young people. Tina Bennett has been a teacher for over 27 years.

The final episode in the mastering virtual communication series

When planning a virtual meeting it is critical to have a structure for your meeting. We talk about structuring content for virtual meetings. We use the examples of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Hoover Dam as a metaphor for creating a timely and timeless presentation for your content.

In the virtual world, the principles and practices of effective communication are compounded. How do you get an edge in this new world of communication? We unpack some foundational principles in this episode.

We are facing the perfect storm of technology improving, the entrepreneur's looking for a leading-edge, health issues, political issues, and business perspectives that lead us to want to master the way we communicate virtually. This is the first of a four-part series on mastering virtual communication.

We have a special show with guests, Jeff and Yogi. When I think of Jeff and Yogi, I think of the word integrity. People who do the right thing even when no one is looking. This episode will inspire you and show you examples of how to implement some of the communication principles we have been highlighting on the show thus far.

The higher the trust factor, the lower the fear factor of failure. People buy from people, and they buy from people they like. We continue our deep dive into how to build trust as a communicator. There are three major areas we focus on, character, capabilities, and commitment.

There are three major buckets we can focus on to help people get to know, like, and trust us. 1. Building the conversation, 2. building the connection, and 3. building your confidence.

If I could really write the script, I would take public speaking out of our vocabulary. I truly believe the term put fear and trepidation into people's hearts and minds. The question is "how do I come across more naturally? The answer could start with a mind-shift away from "public speaking" towards just having a conversation.

Your delivery mechanics are just as important as your content. My reason for wanting to share that share this and these podcasts is because I want you to experience what I've experienced. I want you to know that change and the difference it can make in you and the difference it will make in others. Your ability to connect and your ability to the conversation have a conversation are two of the greatest things that you can give to another human being this week. These principles not only apply to communication skills at your profession but in your family and personal relationships as well.

We take a strong look at one area of communication: how you come across in your physical delivery. I wish I could make this information mandatory for every 17-18 year old, it would change the way they interact with others and their lives for the better.

Make sure you've got your eye contact in place. It's the number one skill you want to be able to practice and begin to integrate the rest of these skills mentioned in this episode into the way that you communicate. Every single thing counts. One is not more powerful than the other. When you bring all the pieces together is when you win in your communication.

In this episode, we break down some of the practical advice for how to use your visuals or PowerPoint presentations with added tips that will put in the top 95% of PowerPoint users when it comes to effective presentations that keep you as the focus without the distraction of technology mistakes or mishaps.

We spend this episode diving deep in the best practices for using visuals in your presentations. We are not talking about how to create powerpoints or visuals but how do you use your visuals in a manner where you stay the center of attention. People buy you before they buy your visual aids.

If there is anything that will set you apart as a communicator, it is the way you craft your message. So many people do it in the reverse order and miss critical steps when crafting their content. In this episode, we will cover some principles that will give you the structure for your talk whether it's a five-minute conversation, a 50-minute keynote, or a Ted type Talk. I want to help you take these principles and begin to implement them into any content that you are crafting so that you have freedom in your content, freedom in your conversation, and freedom in your circumstance to adjust to any situation that gets thrown at you.

Bart offers an easy to understand overview of the three buckets of structure for crafting your content as a communicator. These elements are the open, the content, and the close. Bart unpacks practical tips, advice, and action steps for understanding how these principles can keep you on track and successful. Remember, structure is the foundation of crafting your content.

Bart shares some of the tools that he feels is essential for you to have in your toolbox before your next talk, presentation or product demo. They are not optional. Failure is not an option for you in your professional life and in your personal life for whatever you're sharing from your heart.

What you say and what they see has to match. How do you come across as authentic and real in your next presentation or talk? Bart Queen unpacks years of experience on the mechanics of presentations and interaction with an audience that drives them to remember your message and take action.