Tools & Tips
All kinds of communication tools for your communication transformation
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n addition to the SpeakStrong books and training, we offer
- a newsletter
- free articles for you to enjoy and pass on
- a tutorial and assessments
Plus, we're always growing. After you've played with, applied and benefited from what we have,
let us know what other kind of efficient learning tools will help you and your team in your continuous communication improvement journey.
A communication tool to put your message into words
One of the basic tools for SpeakStrong is the PowerPhrases and Perfect Phrases that fill my books. The SpeakStrong Method isn't all about phrases, but the phrases are what make or break a conversation - especially a delicate one.
We have all types of phrases to provide a foundation for rehearsing conversations. While conversations are interactive and never quite go the way you imagine, composing phrases or even selecting phrases from books like mine help you clarify your message and prepare for even the unpredictable.
That's why my books have all types of phrases from motivation phrases, to boardroom phrases to management phrases. I include examples of personal phrases in the books and particularly on my blog.
Planning out conversations by composing phrases
The best phrases are the ones you create yourself. This tutorial walks you through the components of phrases. It gets you planning out conversations and composing phrases without even knowing you're doing it. That's helpful, because even people who are perfectly clear about what they have to say often lose that clarity the moment they try to verbalize it.
So take the PowerPhrases tutorial. You have something to say. This will help you to say it.
How to SpeakSTRONG: the Handbook
I've developed a SpeakSTRONG Handbook to give you the foundation of The SpeakSTRONG Method. I invite you to print it out, spread it around - do whatever you like with it. Please give me credit when you refer to it.
Also, I invite you to let me know how you use it, how it works for you, and what questions you still have.
Please note, the handbook is under revision. Check back early in February for the revised edition. Thanks!
The online viewing copy is here. The printable version is here.
Sign up today for the SpeakSTRONG Newsletter and get some seriously useful and practical bonus resources. Just what any true seeker of communication excellence needs.
Your SpeakSTRONG Journey begins here.
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No kidding. The newsletter is a quick empowerment tool for your SpeakSTRONG journey. You can scan it or study it to help you take your next step. Plus it comes with bonuses that are my very best stuff, distilled down into immediately useful tools. PLUS they help you develop communication katas for continuous communication improvement. |
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Go beyond effective communication skills to transformational skills. The SpeakSTRONG Newsletter was formerly "A PowerPhrase a Week." View those Newsletter Archives. Below is the first issue in my new SpeakSTRONG format.
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The SpeakStrong Method has two free online communication skill assessments for your personal and organizational use.
The Communication Style Inventory is a personality communication assessment that will help you determine your communication style and know how to adapt your communication to other styles. personality communication assessment
The Dynamic Leadership Development Assessment tests leadership skill and is a useful assessment of leadership potential. Use it as a leadership self assessment test, and/or as a leadership feedback tool.
Both will serve as a baseline for your communication development.
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