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Communication

Jun 15

024: A Speech Coach in Your Pocket with Ummo’s Anshul Bhagi

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Anshul Bhagi says: "[In] day-to-day conversation or casual speech, filler words are sometimes an intentional chocie."

 

Entrepreneur and app developer Anshul Bhagi introduces Ummo, a powerful app for public speakers, and the lessons learned along the process of making it.

You’ll learn:

1) How the new speech-coaching app Ummo can enhance your speaking
2) When the use of filler words is helpful
3) What is “upspeak” and its implications on how you’re perceived

About Anshul
Anshul Bhagi is a 2017 Harvard MBA with an undergrad and Masters in Computer Science from MIT. Previously, Anshul did PM and development at Microsoft / Apple / Google, spent two years at McKinsey & Company, and founded education startup CampK12 to teach kids in India to code. Together with his Harvard / MIT classmates Yasmin, Andrea, Sam, Damola, and Sinchan, he is building Ummo, a personalized speech coaching app (available for download here).

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Jun 08

021: Making Cold Emails HOT with Alex Berman

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Alex Berman says: "Don't think that you can just send a template out and have it be enough."

How do you make an email stand out amid overflowing inboxes? Chief Marketing Sumo and email expert Alex Berman teaches how to craft effective emails that get responses.

You’ll learn:

1) How to send cold emails, without being a spammer
2) How to zero in on a recipient’s email address
3) Best practices in customization, subject lines, and openers to ensure your email gets read

About Alex
Alex Berman is the Chief Marketing Sumo for InspireBeats and is responsible for generating over $20 million dollars in B2B leads this year. He and the team at InspireBeats have sent over 1 million cold emails to funded startups and software as a service companies in the last two years.

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May 25

016: Going for No with Andrea Waltz

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Andrea Waltz says: "There is virtually nothing you can't achieve if you're willing to hear 'no' often enough."

Who would have thought failure could be fun? Andrea Waltz explains the ‘go for no’ philosophy, and how learning to fail might just be the best thing for your career.

You’ll learn:

  1. Why aiming to fail can actually increase success in the long run
  2. How to turn “no” into a positive word
  3. What you can do to put the “go for no” philosophy into practice in your life

About Andrea

Andrea Waltz is passionate about helping people overcome the fear of the word NO and feelings of failure and rejection that go along with it.  Along with her husband and business partner Richard Fenton, they share their message through books, training programs and speaking at conventions and conferences.  They are authors of Go for No! and with 300,000 copies sold it’s been in the top 20 of Amazon’s “Sales” books for the last five years.

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May 18

013: Resonating through Authenticity with Dr. Todd Dewett

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Dr. Todd Dewett says: "We are all projecting these polished images so hard so often that people really crave to know the real person."

In today’s selfie-filtered world, people crave authenticity more than ever. Dr Todd Dewett shows us how valuable it is to be your true self, and why being a genuine  person is just as important as being a professional at work.

You’ll learn:

1) The importance of being real, and how to safely reveal more of your authentic self at work.
2) The power of vulnerability, and how exposing your mistakes can actually make you a better boss.
3) How to approach self improvement without it being overwhelming.

Dr. Todd Dewett is an internationally-recognized leadership and success expert and author. After beginning his career with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young, he earned a Ph.D. In Management from Texas A&M University.  He now travels the world and speaks to thousands of people every year. His video courses consistently hold a first place rating by professionals in over 170 countries through Lynda.com at LinkedIn.  He’s been quoted everywhere, from the New York Times to Forbes. When not on the road, he can be found at local sports matches with his two boys, who are his greatest accomplishment.

You can visit his home on the web at www.drdewett.com.

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