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"The One With The Voice“

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Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #13 by Isabella Mader For Day 13 of the 3E Story Blogathon, Isabella Mader shares her story of how she lost her most powerful skill (voice) and how she successfully overcame the trauma. At a Conference in Vienna I had to give a speech on platforms and business models. The conference room was full – and the audience heard some strange, very rough, still not very loud but really bass voice coming out of a blonde, slim woman. Some of the audience didn’t know me but later on the aisles I heard people talking to each other „the one with the voice brought interesting aspects …“. I thought that, well „the one with the voice“ must be me then.  Flashback: Some time in late 2010 I was hosting panel discussions at a large 2 day conference and found it hard to bring out the clear voice I was used to. I did have a cough since August and thought it might well be...

Interesting Anecdotes-Stories From My Life

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"Enlarge as a Human Being,  Excel as a Social Media Being and  Evolve a s a Personal Brand" My life has been packed with interesting stories and anecdotes. Here are a few of them:- Drama or Sincerity My students would challenge me with tough questions, now my clients do A client asked recently, "While writing my story, how do I decide, how much of drama and how much of sincerity?" A tough question indeed. I replied, "If you have the reputation for sincerity, you can add a bit of a drama and (on a lighter note) if you have a reputation for drama, then I suggest you focus on sincerity.You have to see what will pull them, drama or sincerity" ----------------------- The Beautiful Lady and a Naughty Audience Recently during a Personal Branding Workshop with Sales and Marketing professionals, I tried to make things simple for them and told them you can apply AIDA model (Awareness, Interest, Desire and Action) of product advertising ...