dr. thea lobell: communication skills speaker, trainer, and retreat leader

Checklists for Non-Profits and Businesses

Systemization secures steady results. The New Year is the perfect time to review the processes and systems you have or need in your office. As a management consultant, I am often brought into organizations to increase capacity and improve outcomes. I do this through developing systems to help organizations run smoother. Having processes in place [...]

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10 Tips for Terrific Non-Profit Newsletters

1. Send out the newsletter quarterly. Since others do this also, send yours the second month of each quarter – February, May, August, and November. 2. Brand the newsletter with your logo, colors, and look. The goal is that when they see the newsletter before reading it, they know it’s from your organization. 3. [...]

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Thankfulness in Creating Meaningful Relationships

In this week before Thanksgiving, my thoughts are brought to being thankful for those aspects of my life that bring me joy. Thankfulness is a 2 step process: feeling gratitude (helps self) and expressing gratitude (helps relationships). Focusing on gratitude creates a positive self-fulfilling prophecy in one’s life. The more one focuses on what [...]

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How Assumptions Affect Communication

What you give is what you get. This is never truer than with communication. I provided business coaching to an attorney who needed assistance with presentations and creating meaningful business relationships. I asked “what is your view of people in general?” He replied “they are often liars and out to get you.” This was the [...]

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How communication skills help Just Between friends have annual sales over $15M

In 1997, Just Between Friends was created in a living room in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when President Shannon Wilburn, a mother of two young children, and her friend Daven Tackett hosted a sale, while inviting 17 friends to be consignors. Promoted only in their neighborhood, the gross sales reached approximately $2,000. That’s when the idea caught [...]

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Mardi Gras Communication Tips

This weekend my husband and I spent a fun time in New Orleans celebrating the carnival season. On this Mardi Gras Day, I want to share my top 2 communication skills tips that work for parade throws and in interpersonal communication. I have always caught more beads and throws than I can carry following these [...]

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Review of Girlfriends 2.0 by Cindy W. Morrison

Girlfriends 2.0 is an excellent memoir and Girlfriend guide by Cindy W. Morrison. The book launches nationally this week. After a series of life changing events: job layoff, medical emergency, and a house lightning strike, Cindy depended on her Girlfriend Support Network to thrive during her changing times. The book is a memoir of Cindy’s [...]

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Goal Setting in 2011

Each new year is full of possibilities. The key to success is follow through. Follow through is based on self motivation. Self motivation has two components: motivation and self-discipline. Motivation needs to be replenished on a regular basis. Zig Ziglar captured it with his quote, “people often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does [...]

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embrace good enough

Most business messages these days are always about do your best, be the best, etc. Like many people, I internalized this message. While striving for the best and perfection sounds great, the consequence is perfection paralysis. With perfection paralysis, you think “I don’t know enough or have the skills or the time to do it [...]

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How To Use An Awareness Month As A Branding Opportunity For Your State Coalition

The goal of branding is to create a clear identity for your organization. Branding of your coalition needs to be consistent over time. As a state coalition, your brand goal may be to position yourself as the subject matter expert for your state. So, anytime your issue is in the media, you are the organization [...]

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