The Sage Sayers
A bi-weekly podcast on tips and tactics to communicate our ideas and stories in ways that land. We interview authors, entrepreneurs, keynote speakers, and executive leaders who know how to connect with audiences in surprising, meaningful ways that AI simply cannot.
New Zealander show host, Debbi McCullough, has written on social and business trends and struggles for the Economist, the Guardian, and Financial Times of London. She's a self-retired college professor of writing/business communications and a trusted coach of over 1,200 clients at Fortune 500 companies. Follow her Substack: https://betterthanabot.substack.com/ Visit her at: www.hangingrockcoaching.com
The Sage Sayers
How to be Brief With Your Brag
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Requests for updates on our work can startle and befuddle us as communicators. Much pressure exists: We must be brief, clear, and on point with what the requester of information needs and wants. Communications strategy and self awareness on why we feel unconfident in that moment helps.
This week’s episode shares all of that, including a framework for getting in and out of your update in a minute or less, and with reasonable specifics within.
Wanting more tips and strategies on self promotion, brevity, and staying humble and confident? Join my Sept 9-12 Maven workshop, Brag Anyway. Move your one-liner and bios from basic to powerful in 7 hours. Write to me at hangingrockmedia@gmail.com for a 50% off discount code. Put “Brag Anyway 50 off” in the subject line.