Critical Skills in Speaking & Media Engagements Business Communication & Negotiations
Eric Stone
In business as in sports, talent is king.
Competence is the bridge between talent and results. Therefore, it is skills that catalyze talent and realign purpose with potential.
Eric Stone
In business as in sports, talent is king.
Competence is the bridge between talent and results. Therefore, it is skills that catalyze talent and realign purpose with potential.
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What Critical Skills are you interested in? Better Business relationships? Public Speaking or Media Training? Seeking a Promotion? Negotiation? Pitching Ideas? Handling Stress at Meetings? Assertiveness? Organization? Or...
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Focused on optimum development, we empower the "total human being."
Background
Eric Stone is the original Founder-CEO of Speakers & Artists International, Inc in 2003. Company is focused on training business professionals for high impact Speeches, Presentations & Media Appearances Performance.
Since 2015, with increasing requests, services were expanded to include Leadership Coaching, as well as Personal & Professional Training & Development.
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and our coaching method.
Amy Stone joined the enterprise in 2015 to enhance the design, performance and vision for the company. A second enterprise was born: Quantum Design Connection.
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Aligning Purpose with Potential since 1989.
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Testimonials & Success Stories
Eric Stone is without a doubt one of the best personal development coaches in the nation." See all testimonial here...
"I truly think that working with you has "raised" me to a level of public speaking and presenting that is now opening doors for me and enhancing my career. Thank you!"
"I've been hearing great feedback from today's session, Eric. Thanks for making the effort to tailor it to our needs."
Great coach! Seasoned professional who can spot issues quickly. Eric has a unique way of delivering advice and a knack of understanding his students needs. Thought provoking exercises that help you get to another level.
Blog Articles & Audio Training
How to Significantly Improve Your Credibility as a Public Speaker & What is at the Heart of Your Effectiveness? Listen.
The Art of Speaking is the Art of Pausing.
Every verbal attempt has a rhythm and a tempo, very much like music does.
Beyond presence and talent, good speaking is viewed as a verbal art form. Elocution, diction, projection and modulation, to only name a few elements, are believed to be the obvious and essential ingredients to a good presentation or performance. So much more goes into good speaking, but it is important to try to pierce the myth of verbal life.
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Is People-Pleasing Contagious?
How many times did you say I’m sorry today? In matters of social and professional interactions, over-pleasing can feel like an addiction…Audience pleasing, apologising and patronising are very easy traps to fall into when interacting socially, speaking in front of groups or while communicating with people professionally.
So is the need to cater needlessly thinking that being soft spoken is the key to win hearts. Have you ever realised how many times you hear “I’m sorry” in a day? Put it to the test, it’s mind blowing. On the surface, these habits can appear as legitimate forms of expression or harmless ways to handle people. On the contrary, they are powerful enemies and should be avoided at all cost.
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I am Cause, not Effect
We are so oblivious to cause and effect that it is rarely questioned, scrutinised or seen for what it is. Being either at the effect or at cause in life is a process we unconsciously learn as children.
Within this unprecedented 21st century current economic and political environment, I thought it would be helpful to look deeper into the essence of cause and effect, as it relates to healthy living and communication. It is safe to assert that many of us have, at one point or another, found ourselves to be at the effect of someone or something.
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