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Tornados Rip Oklahoma: Your Crisis Communication Role

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a conference in San Diego for more than 400 professional writers and speakers. I went to share a few nuggets from my speaking business and pick up a few new tricks from …

Guest Blog: Defining Your Communication Style

As an entrepreneur you are either trying to sell people on your ideas, products or services, or some combination of them all. Whether your audience is made up of one or one thousand, remember this one simple truth: great communication …

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Audience

The most important participant in your presentation is your audience. But they’re also the most overlooked! Here are 7 things you didn’t know about your audience that probably hurt you. They hate it when you read to them! It’s the …

Karlyn Lothery Wins 2013 RADICAL Entrepreneur Award

Karlyn Lothery Wins 2013 Radical Entrepreneur Award at the Annual Get RADICAL Women’s Conference Featuring Giuliana Rancic, Jillian Michaels, Lisa Nichols Washington, DC Communication Expert, “Fear Buster” and Founder of Lothery & Associates LLC Awarded for Taking Big Risks to …

FREE DOWNLOAD: 7 Critical Communication Mistakes

Who says there’s no free lunch? Certainly not us! There are FREE resources available to you in your journey to become a more polished communicator and business professional.  You can get started with learning the 7 Critical Communication Mistakes most …

Diversity and Inclusion: A PR or HR Issue?

Look on most company websites and you’ll see the diversity officer or department has some direct or dotted reporting line to the Human Resources Department. I’ve often criticized diversity initiatives because they focus on estrogen and color and fail to make the business development connection. That’s why Lothery & Associates provides diversity and inclusion training along with our communication sessions. Diversity and inclusion are as much about recruiting and retaining top talent from all demographics, as it is about being able to communicate with a diverse consumer base and effectively manage your diverse workforce.

Manti Te’o… Lance Armstrong says thanks?

Robert Blake had 9/11. Tiger Woods had the BP Oil Explosion. Every now and then there might just be a massive news story that is sexier and juicier than your scandal, to knock you out of the headlines. The two …

Rapid Fire Speech: The Death of a Good Presentation

In light of tomorrow’s webinar on speech anxiety and a few speeches I’ve seen this week, I thought I’d take a moment to point out one of the biggest symptoms of anxiety, rapid speech. You’ve seen that speaker who just …

New! Speech Anxiety Webinar

Your heart pounds. Your palms sweat. Your mouth dries. Your hands shake. You step to the center of the room, and your thoughts….disappear. Sound familiar? If so, you’re one of more than five billion people worldwide dealing with some form …

Media Training 2.0: The Transition

Did you watch the Today Show this morning?  Wow! Retired Gen. Stanley McChristal showed that his time out of the spotlight was effectively spent doing some pretty major media training. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about …