Why You Should Always Provide a Meeting Agenda

Have you ever left a meeting and asked yourself, “What was that meeting about?”, “Did I fulfill my role?”, “Did I really need to be there?”.  I am sure you have, we all have, and this staggering number proves it:

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Building Trust, Electronically

With our forced business distancing, this can feel like a jolt for those who are used to doing business face-to-face. A lot of our clients have expressed concern in trying to make their virtual connections as impactful as their in-person

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Virtual Presentations: Do Yours Pack a Punch?

​With the sudden shift to virtual presentations, let’s not get too lost in the new landscape. Your presentation skills follow you no matter where you go. As you continue to elevate those skills, you can look at making some adjustments

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Make Your Message Stick

Chip and Dan Heath, the authors of Made to Stick, created the “SUCCES” formula for communicating. Here at 2Connect, we find this formula translates well to the formal presentation setting. Using this formula, answer the questions considering your next

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Keeping Engagement in Remote Meetings

Over 70% of meeting attendees admit to doing other work in a meeting (according to a recent Verizon study).

When your meeting is not in-person, we can only imagine that this number gets worse!

How can meeting facilitators keep

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9 Flippin’ Fantastic Flip Chart Tricks

While flip charts may seem old school in this digital age, they are a critical tool to help facilitators create buy-in, alignment, and engagement. On the flip side (pun intended), we’ve seen flip charts be a facilitator’s downfall – distracting

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Conference Presentation Crutches to AVOID

Speaking at a national meeting or conference is about as high stakes as it gets when it comes to presenting. The lights, the big stage, the large audience! To ease nerves and feel prepared, it’s human nature to want to

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