Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Local PM meetups: lead your meeting

A local meetup of project management professionals invited Hilary Blair to coach us in business communications. Hilary demonstrated many frustrations experienced in today's business meetings where presenters can sound muffled, not serious, or are not delivering the message.

She led us through a series of checks and warm-ups to prepare for taking the reigns at a speaking event. Starting with our posture, we focused on breathing and tongue and vocal cord exercises that will allow us to project in a clear, strong tone without exhausting our vocal folds.
Find your voice

If that weren't enough to worry about, how about the pauses and inflections through that help keep the audience connected to the message. How many interpretations could there be from saying "oh?"

You can find the next Meetup of PM Off the Gantt Charts somewhere close to Park Meadows mall in Lonetree, CO.


Ms. Blair is an award winning voice-over artist and actor with over 30 years experience teaching, coaching and facilitating. Visit her website and videos.

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