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What would a conversation look like with zero questions? This is a bit of an odd question that crossed my desk. But I have a really fun answer that has transformed the way that I dive in and engage in conversation with people both in personal life and also with my...

How to Create an Agenda for a Virtual Meeting How to Create an Agenda for a Virtual Meeting Set Your Intentions in Real Time and Get Your Team Involved Recently, I led a virtual team meeting and afterward, about 20% of the team emailed me asking to see a picture of my...

Think fast. -I'll show you this later.  For right now, we're going to unpack how to be a quick thinker in conversation. I love thinking about how we create conversations that really matter. You might be watching this video because you want to be a faster thinker in...

We're going to unpack how to say the right things in a conversation. In particular, I'm going to share 3 key ideas on how to say the right things in a conversation every time. By the end of this, you are going to feel like at the end of every conversation and the...

How to break the ice in a conversation? Of the dozens and dozens of tools that I could share in this video, the reason I'm picking apart this idea of positive social risks is whether you're an introvert or an extrovert. This mindset is immensely useful in helping you...

How to Make Distance Learning FunHow to Make Distance Learning Fun Six Techniques You’ve Got to Try Distance learning is still learning. As such, you don’t want any loss to happen because there’s space between you and the learner. That’s why it’s important to make the...

I haven't used Microsoft word in a while but when I used to use it about 10 years ago, I typed the word facilitate and I right-clicked on it and a little drop-down menu showed up  with a bunch of synonyms. One of the synonyms is still to this day my favorite...

I am going to share two phrases on how to start a conversation with a new person.  Blog Note: The following is an adapted and edited transcript of one of our daily YouTube tutorials. We know sometimes it is easier to scroll through written content which is why we are...

In this video, I'm going to teach you a super simple 3-step process to come up with really great  conversation topics. And I'm going to actually demonstrate it with my co-founder and co-author,  Will. But he's a few hundred miles away and I'm going to port will in via...

How to Make Online Learning FunHow to Make Online Learning Fun Don’t Just Show or Tell—Do I’ve written a lot about ways to make connection and engagement easy in a virtual context. For this chapter, I want to specifically unpack how to make online learning really...

In this video, I'm going to share the most common way to get out of an awkward conversation which is also perhaps the most terrible way to get out of an awkward conversation. I'm also going to share  three strategies that are way better that you can use and apply in...

I believe and I've seen some bumper stickers that would back up the idea and the fact  that we are living in an international critical thinking deficit, right? Live  in this world where people come to conclusions so quickly don't really research information all  that...

You know what's awkward? In college, I almost failed public speaking. And now,  I make a living as a public speaker. In this video, I'm going to share the lesson that I learned from almost failing public speaking so that you can steal that lesson and apply it to your...