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Nail Your Next Presentation with Our Top Ten Public Speaking Tips and Tricks
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Does the idea of public speaking make your skin crawl and your heart race? If this sounds familiar, you are not alone.
Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, affects approximately 75 percent of adults. The statistic is staggering when you consider how many jobs require public speaking skills, whether it’s to pitch a new idea, interact with the media/stakeholders, or even running an internal meeting.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. With a little preparation, the ability to deliver a great presentation can be game changing for your professional development and organization as a whole.
Effectively deliver your key messages and even influence behavior with our public speaking tips and tricks.
Using Social Media to Boost your Professional Development: Dos and Don’ts
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Now more than ever, it has never been more important to use the internet to work on your professional development. The power of social media has made it possible to network and recruit with just a few taps on a smart phone. It has never been easier to display your personal brand to millions of people.
But how do we leverage this? Here are our top 5 Dos and Don’ts for using social media to boost your professional development.Your Jargon Guide to the Corporate Training Industry
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Corporate training is an ever-changing industry that is consistently evolving over time through changing circumstances and increases in technology. With that comes many terms and phrases to describe innovations and the latest trends. As global leaders in this industry, we at CTM have put together a glossary that defines some of the most common terms we use every day in hopes that you can better understand corporate training and its many nuances. We consulted CTM Sales Representatives Hailey Conley and Seth Rozee for the most relevant and commonly used industry lingo. Here is our Jargon Guide: Corporate Training Edition.
5 Ways to Achieve Work-Life Balance for Happier and Healthier Employees
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We all take on different roles in our personal and professional lives. What titles do you take on in your everyday life, and how do we balance it all? The key is to achieve work-life balance. Here are some strategies that have worked for us at CTM and other companies to help employees achieve work-life balance.
Celebrating World Book Day: Boost Your Soft Skills Training with Reading
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Happy World Book Day! Every year on April 23rd, we celebrate the joys and benefits of reading since the beginning of human communication. Books play a major role in how we connect with others and learn. At CTM, we believe that reading from a young age can translate to adults that are well equipped to enter the workforce. Reading is beneficial to not only children and their development, but also adult and corporate learning. In this week's blog post we discuss the benefits of reading and how various reading formats can be incorporated into your corporate training.