Let’s Get Personal
Connecting with an Audience
I love attending conferences, seminars, workshops and classes. I am a life long learner who has done things like audit 5 semesters of Greek…for fun. But do you know what I love possibly even more than learning great content from the events I attend? Learning from the presenters. I learn something from every single seminar or…
Read MoreSend Mail with a Stamp.
I am so grateful that I live in an age where technology provides us with so many incredible options for communicating. I share my life on social media through check-in’s, posts and pictures. I can text as fast as my teenagers, and I Skype with friends from across the globe on a regular basis. There…
Read MorePersonalities and The Holidays
For a lot of people, this time of year means more time spent with family. Some people look forward to this part of the Christmas season. Others…not so much. Regardless where your family time falls on the crazy/stressful spectrum, I’m sure we can all agree that not everyone at our family gatherings is just like…
Read MoreMOPS – A Favorite "Tradition"
I feel so truly blessed to be able to speak to audiences all over the continent on a lot of different topics. I love to talk, and I love to travel, and to be honest it sometimes seems surreal that I get paid to speak in really fun places. But there is something so different…
Read MoreWhy Personalities?
Have you ever found yourself asking one of these questions? (To yourself or maybe even to me?) Why study personalities? Isn’t this just another way of stereotyping people? If people are “unique” why try to label them? How would this really help me? Great questions. Obviously I am passionate about understanding personality types or I wouldn’t…
Read MoreWithout Reservations
This week I had a chance to take a break from my “usual” seminars and go back to my speaking roots. The Mothers of Preschoolers group at Grace Church Reno asked me to talk to the young moms there about creative ways to feed a family while decreasing stress and increasing opportunities for conversation and…
Read MoreWhat You Say AND How You Say It
Both matter. I just finished participating in a Toastmasters Evaluation Contest today. That probably sounds really strange to someone who has never been to one before but in this contest a “model speaker” gives a 5-7 minute speech and the contestants listen to the speech, have 5 minutes at the end to write notes and…
Read MoreKnow Yourself…and Know Your Audience
The first time I attended a 3 day training for professional public speakers, I didn’t know that I was going to be spending those 3 days with fabulous speakers who were also personality experts. But looking back, it makes so much sense. As a speaker, I have a message that I want to share with…
Read MoreSocial Media and TITS
I feel I ought to begin this post by saying that I spent two weeks debating whether or not I should write it. Finally, after seeking counsel, I am taking me husband’s advice. He wisely said, “You should write the post, just don’t include a selfie.” Honestly, the self-talk that I had going on in…
Read MoreMy Dog is a Yellow (Lab)
This is Daisy. Daisy joined our family Christmas of 2013. She was supposed to be a gift for our kids, and while she does LOVE them, she seems to think she belongs to me. It could be because I feed her the most. Or because I am home with her a lot when the kids…
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