self introduction for networking

Improve Your Self Introduction at Networking Events

George TorokCommunication skills, Insights, Intended Message

Introduce Yourself using this Simple and Powerful Format

Have you struggled with that awkward moment when you’re expected to introduce yourself? It might be at a networking meeting, workshop or conference. It might even be that challenge at a business or personal function when you are asked, “What do you do?”

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Your Intended Message podcast

Your Intended Message Podcast

George TorokCommunication skills, Intended Message

Your Intended Message is the podcast about how we communicate – mistakes we can avoid and how we can communicate more effectively.

Think about the last time you had a message go wrong. You didn’t know why. The receiver of your message didn’t get it or they reacted weirdly and you had no idea what their problem was. That’s the challenges that this podcast will address. Every week, I’ll interview experts on different aspects of communication skills.

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Negative trigger words

The Impact of Negative Trigger Words

George TorokCommunication skills, Insights, Intended Message

What’s a negative trigger word? That’s a word or phrase that derails your message by sending your audience off on a tangent. That might be an intellectual tangent or an emotional tangent. It’s the emotional tangents that are most destructive because it’s almost impossible to get your audience back after you trigger their emotional tangent.

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