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Aug 25
3 min

3 lessons from Michelle Obama's DNC Speeches from 2008 - 2020

Michelle Obama gave exceptional speeches at the last four Democratic National Conventions. She expertly adjusted her delivery to meet eac...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Apr 2
2 min

Mine the Data!

“If you could improve one thing about the way you communicate, what would it be?” Right now, I reckon the vast majority of us would answe...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Jan 8
1 min

Curious to know if you Self Diminish?

I am so excited that the first Declare War on Self Diminishing Language course starts in one week! This morning I received an email from ...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Sep 19, 2019
1 min

On "Weapons-Grade" Communication

"Weapons-Grade" Communication. WTF? What does that even mean, you might be wondering. If you haven't yet seen The Great Hack on Netflix, ple

JoAnn Lauterbach

Aug 28, 2019
2 min

Coke as Communicator

Earlier this summer my family and I took off to Japan and spent three glorious weeks experiencing life in six cities on the main island. ...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Feb 24, 2019
2 min

Are you on the Right Channel?

What was the last movie you watched? Where did you watch it? How did you watch it? What price did you pay? How did you share your thought...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Nov 4, 2018
1 min

Simplify to Clarify

WOW. Talk about a showstopper of a sign! I bet whoever chose the words on the sign in black would never use the term “dumb it down” to e...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Humour as Fuel

Last night while my husband and I were watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I asked him to hit pause. Something on the screen had called t...

JoAnn Lauterbach

Feb 6, 2018
1 min

Message in the street

How many times have you seen a Men at Work sign ? Countless, undoubtedly. How many times have you been moved to whip out your phone and t...

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