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		<title>It’s Halftime…Are You Ready?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you started a presentation or interview and thought, “gosh, I wish I had a better start?”  Have you started down a line of ideas and then lost your train of thought mid-sentence and hoped for the hail Mary idea to get you back on track? If so, you’re not alone!

As an enormous sports fan and former physical athlete who still feels she has some sports psychology still left in her, I found myself thoroughly inspired by the message in the Chrysler Super Bowl ad narrated by Clint Eastwood.  The concept that halftime can be a game changer, and if you persevere you can get through any tough time was a powerful message of both strength and hope. The same holds true whether you’re out on the gridiron, making your winning putt on the golf course, shooting the buzzer beater basket, or  standing in front of an audience hoping to sway, motivate, inspire or move them to follow your lead.

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		<title>Words that May Hurt Your Image</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/400/words-that-may-hurt-your-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article highlighting 10 words that people commonly mispronounce that can make an individual appear less intelligent, professional and polished.  There were some great words on that list, but I thought a few needed to be added, so I’m taking to the blog to share my thoughts to reinforce some, and introduce a few others.

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		<title>Merry Christmas!  Or is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/395/merry-christmas-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chanukah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross cultural communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[happy holidays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Chanukah? Merry Christmas? Happy Kwanzaa? Happy Holidays! What are we supposed to say in this time of year?  The easy one is coming up…Happy New Year!  As for the rest, we can debate that ad nauseum.   I’ve decided to venture away from strictly communication tips this time, and work a little cross cultural communication into the blog.

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		<title>Campaign Crisis Communications</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/388/campaign-crisis-communications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the latest &#8220;buzz&#8221; plaguing the Cain Campaign, I&#8217;m inspired to do a quick tutorial about political crisis communications. This is not because I support one candidate over another, but rather, as someone who values the importance of &#8230; <a href="http://www.lothery.com/388/campaign-crisis-communications/ " class="readmore"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Webinars</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/350/winning-webinars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planes, trains and automobiles, we’re all getting tired of traveling for every meeting and workshop, so webinars and teleconferences are becoming more common.  I, myself lead a webinar this afternoon for the Association of Women in Communications on media interview preparation. We focused specifically, on ambush, walk and talk, and impromptu interviews. You know the kind of interviews where someone stops you on the street, or throws a camera in your face just after you walk off stage from making a speech, or leave a hearing room when testifying in front of lawmakers. Whatever the scenario, if you’re a newsmaker, there’s no such thing as an ambush or impromptu interview. Be ready at all times.

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		<title>Communication Skills: Make it Personal!</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/339/communication-skills-make-it-personal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you sat at dinner, in a movie, at an event, and the person joining you spent more time looking at their phone than looking at you while speaking?  Sure they may have held up their end of the conversation to some extent, but how much of their energy did you really pick up? Did you get a lot of yeahs and uh-huhs?  Or maybe you just got finished making a really interesting or important point, and they blurted out something completely irrelevant that they just read hot off the Twitter or Facebook-press?

If your answer is that this happens all of the time, or maybe you're one of the offending communicators, think about these points before you pull out the phone while you're on your next personal or professional outing. <a href="http://www.lothery.com/339/communication-skills-make-it-personal/ " class="readmore"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Less is More: Non-verbal Communication</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/342/less-is-more-non-verbal-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as I'm sitting and catching up on Facebook posts from friends, I saw a comment about how horrified an HR director was when a candidate showed up for an interview and thought that lotioning her feet while waiting to be called back was a good idea.  Say it with me...taking care of personal hygiene while waiting for an interview is a really bad idea!

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		<title>Mandela Day of Service</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/335/mandela-day-of-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard? It's Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday!

The world renown leader and notable symbol of the civil rights struggle for all Africans, and African-Americans everywhere is worthy of a birthday party of epic proportions. Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and sentenced to life in prison for having the audacity to try and change the system that rendered him, and all others of his race powerless, second-class people, without hope of being able to earn a better future for themselves. He ultimately served 27 years in jail before being released. Despite this somewhat tortured past, his story and life inspired the nation to ultimately elect him President in 1994, this after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. If you've seen the movie Evictus, you saw the story of how he went on to unite a sharply divided nation through sport.

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		<title>A funny thing happened on my way to the podium&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/324/a-funny-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-the-podium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communicator]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooperative communicators association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from one of the most enjoyable facilitation experiences I've had in a long time. I conducted a brief workshop on crisis communication for the Cooperative Communicators Association Institute in San Antonio. The Annual Conference was packed with more than 130 communicators from coops around the country.  Every industry from financial to farming, power to produce.

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the podium, so I couldn't help but change my open:

"You know, when I lead presentation workshops, I always tell clients to 'lead with sexy.' Not the Congressman Weiner kind, but definitely something that grabs the audience's attention so you start with a bang!  Of course, I wasn't planning to start a fire as my open, but how appropriate and convenient is it, when the conference is called Caliente! Hot Ideas for Cooperative Communicators, and the opening workshop is Crisis Communications: Staying out of the Hot Seat?!  A little crisis, with a fast clean up is the perfect way for us to get started!"

And with that, and a little chuckle we began our session.
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		<title>Let the Political Games Begin: Obama &amp; Meyers 1, Trump 0</title>
		<link>http://www.lothery.com/313/let-the-political-games-begin-obama-meyers-1-trump-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 01:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karlyn Lothery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of sounding redundant, please check your red, blue, and tea party hats at the door. We're talking communication today, not politics.  One can't help but comment on the White House Correspondent's dinner, Saturday night. It's the best dinner of the year, and an annual event where every sitting President gets the opportunity to poke a little fun at themselves, and their critics. It's the most "real" you'll ever see any of the Presidents (and in some cases, their spouses) as they're allowed and, in fact, encouraged to let the sarcasm roll, the cheap shots fly, and the pure acceptance of the successes, failures, criticisms and challenges they've faced for the previous 12 months. It is in fact, to borrow a phrase from Fox...a no spin zone. <a href="http://www.lothery.com/313/let-the-political-games-begin-obama-meyers-1-trump-0/ " class="readmore"></a>]]></description>
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