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Create Your Communications Experience

by Bert Decker, CEO of Decker Communications, Inc.


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The Top Ten Best (and Worst) Communicators of 2010

December 14, 2010

This Annual List of Top Ten Communicators of 2010 highlights the best (and worst) from business, politics (big this year), entertainment, sports and the professions. Take a look to see how communication skills helped make or break these notable individuals:
The 10 Best

1. Sebastián Piñera – Excellence above and below the surface

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Taking Control of the Room

December 6, 2010

Joel Mowbray is a nationally known syndicated columnist who spoke at a suburban home in Marin County last night, and gave a superb example of how to take control of a room. The event was to be a small gathering primarily to hear Joel, but also to enjoy the group and drinks and appetizers.

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Influencing in all Circumstances – shown by Mayor Frank Jordan

November 23, 2010

It’s great to go to a fundraising luncheon and learn something from an old pro.
It’s so easy to inform – not always easy to influence. Everyone informs: productmanagers, sales, admins, even high-level executives. We at Decker have a strong biastowards influence. In fact, we put on every one of our program materials: Information TO Influence.

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Who’s in your 10?

November 9, 2010

Thanksgiving is around the corner, and in the blink of an eye we’ll be ringing in the new year. Which means that it’s time for the annual best and worst lists – top songs, TV shows, news stories, moments of greatness, moments of defeat. And at Decker, we’re prepping our 6th annual list of the Top Ten Best and Worst Communicators.

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Join me at the Leadership & Influence Summit

October 28, 2010

I’m excited to join the lineup of awesome speakers for the Leadership and Influence Summit on November 3rd and 4th.

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Are your communication skills Giants playoff worthy?

October 20, 2010

There is serious Giants fever in San Francisco. The sidewalks are streaming with fans clad in orange and black. Co-workers are screaming game updates over cubes (actually as I sit on BART, some guy just yelled, “the Giants are up!” (Game 3 vs. the Phillies began at 1:05pm today). There’s even a sign posted in the high rise window across from our office, “Go Giants!”.

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Are you Cursed by Knowledge?

October 5, 2010

It’s a tough question.
Mostly because you probably don’t even know you’re cursed. Psychologists and behavioral economists who study this phenomenon find the more of an expert you become in your field, the more likely you are to be cursed by your own knowledge. That is, you don’t know what it’s like NOT to know what you know. This has HUGE implications in our communications.

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Brogan Battles Backnoise - and wins!

October 1, 2009

You may have heard of the backchannel when one is speaking, but have you heard of BackNoise?  If not, it's time you do.  As blog post reader Paul Freet stated:  "Backnoise is like the hammer in the 1984 Apple
commercial."

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Where's Your Lean?

September 19, 2009

Years ago I co-produced the film "Robert Kennedy Remembered." One of my favorite lines in the narrative described when Robert Kennedy first came to Washington as Senator, “He hit the ground running, leaning forward.”

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