This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Workplace Communications and Public Speaking Expert, Diane DiResta.
Diane is a media trainer, executive speech coach, and certified speech pathologist who works with executives in Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, and sports figures, to get them communicating with clarity and precision.
She trains business people to communicate with greater impact in the marketplace and coaches leaders to project their power to influence in order to achieve the result they want. She's also the author of the Amazon.com best-selling guide to public speaking and communicating from the platform, Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power, Punch, and Pizzazz.
She has coached and consulted a vast number and range of clients, including executives at AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Warner Brothers., the U.S. Army, the NBA, Merck, and IBM.
Tune in for this enlightening conversation or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.
Sam begins the show with his quotes of the day. Mike Dooley’s quotes focus on feeling the things we want to feel. Sam talks about how we forget that the reason why we want the things we crave for is because of how it makes us feel. He emphasizes that it’s the feelings that are more important than the things. Sam shares an exercise that has helped his clients refocus on their feelings. After this quote, he shares a quote from Abraham on the Universe. Sam talks about the relationship between our actions and the energy we put into our lives. Following his quotes Sam introduces his quest, Diane DiResta. To begin, Sam asks Diane if she has always had an interesting speech and pathology. Diane shares her work history toward where she is today.
This segment begins with Diane talking about the challenges she faced during the early days and what she faces today. She touches on corporate culture and how technology - new and old - has affected her work. Diane and Sam discuss the current economic hardships and some of the general challenges business owners face today. In turn, they both share some tips for getting through not only this situation, but for others to come in the future.
Sam and Diane move on to the topic of communications. Diane talks about what has changed over the recent years and months. She speaks heavily about attention spans, and the presence of digital communications and having a “digital body language.” She touches on visuals, text communications, and engaging with others over video calls. Diane goes further on the topic of talking over video calls and reminds audiences to never forget the basics of public speaking.
This last segment, Diane talks about her husband, Ed, who was once in need of a kidney transplant. This led Diane to work on a virtual kidney awareness event. As she talks about some of the steps that go into kidney donors, Diane shares some of what she and the non-profit organization did to help make their awareness successful. Sam and Diane share how to learn more about Diane, her non-profit, and other resources those who are looking for donors can turn to.
