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Quick Hits are 10-minute conversations designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to hear other people‘s thoughts on a variety of subjects. In February of 2021 I and the members of my mastermind group thought other people might enjoy listening in on some of the lively conversations we were having. But we realized that no one was going spend 90-minutes listening to us going on about anything and sometimes nothing. Instead, we decided to pick one topic and have a short conversation to share. I took the reigns because facilitating those types of conversations sounded like fun. Over the course of a few months it grew from just members of our mastermind group to four (sometimes three if schedules go sideways) people from various parts of the world and from ”short” to exactly 10-minutes. Thus was born ”Quick Hits” hosted by me, Dr Robyn. I hope to get caught up with posting them here on PodBean at some point. As of this writing, I have over 100 ”episodes.” If you‘d like to see the videos of these conversations, they are available on my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/DrRobynQuickHits If you have a topic you‘d like to hear discussed, I encouraged you to use the contact page of my website: https://drrobynodegaard.com/ to let me know.
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Communication is like driving; everyone thinks they are good at it.
But at some point, no matter how clear and articulate we might consider ourselves to be, we’ve all gotten that glassy-eyed look that tells us our point got lost.
It might be worse when you don’t get that look and you think you were understand only to learn later nope, they didn’t get it.
The frustrated, “you aren’t understanding me” is just blaming the other person. And “you aren’t listening to me” can either mean you think they aren’t paying attention or that they aren’t doing what you are telling them.
What I try to say instead is: “I don’t feel like I’m explaining this well. Let me try again.”
When we take the onus on ourselves to try to communicate as well as possible the other person will feel more involved in the conversation and more likely to ask questions if they don’t understand.
Oftentimes good communication comes from attention to and consideration for the person (or group) with whom you are communicating.
I discussed this with three expert communicators: Launch Point Labs co-founder Brandon Mahoney; Certified Speaking Professional Lauren Scheiffer; and executive coach Tim Hawkes. They had great insights on how to clearly and effectively communicate, whether one-on-one or to a big audience. I hope our conversation communicates something helpful and thought-provoking to you as well.
Connect with the panelists:
Lauren Schieffer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenannschieffer/
Tim Hawkes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhawkes/
Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandoncmahoney/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/
Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/
#QuickHits are designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to get other people's thoughts on pertinent subjects. If you would like to join a conversation or have a topic you would like to hear discussed, please message me. https://www.DrRobynOdegaard.com
#Communication #AudienceEngagement
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