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Articulation Founder Ruth Milligan sat down with the hosts of the popular podcast Conquering Columbus to share what she’s learned and experienced as an entrepreneur, founder of TEDxColumbus and community leader.
Our founder and executive communication coach Ruth Milligan reflects on a time she made a massive mistake, breaking one of her own rules. She gave feedback to a speaker who didn’t request it.
I got my third phone call from a corporate client with the same set of unique communication challenges I had heard from two previous clients.
Articulation’s executive communication coaches prepared Ohio State University students for the prestigious pitch competition hosted by Schmidt Futures.
Executive Communication Coach Ruth Milligan reminisces about her Dad, Groundhog Day, and the culture of storytelling– and how it can bring people together.
As Internal Pitch Competitions are become more popular, make sure to think of their benefits beyond the prize winnings. Our client engaged us to do just that and the results have been notable.
On this blog where we only talk about storytelling, communications, presentations, speeches, talks, influence and more – the only appropriate post for today is MLK’s I Have a Dream speech. No one until that moment or after has delivered a more significant, consequential and memorable talk. Arguably the most important vision talk ever communicated.
I am hoping by now that everyone knows WHAT “storytelling” does for influencing and persuading audiences and WHY it works. Without citing any of the
Happy New Year! If you’re looking for top tips for public speaking and executive communications, this post is for you. we’ve rounded up our most popular articles from 2018.
Our fourth quarter was a super interesting one, just like the first three of 2018. In short, it was a great year. In fact, our
For the UXDX Conference in Ireland in 2019, I was invited to answer 10 questions about how to begin to get prepared to give a
Three public speaking tips from executive communication coach Acacia Duncan that can help you hone in on your one idea for a successful TED-style talk.
Our speech coaching practice rests on iterating: Helping clients crank a reluctant wheel from event invite to idea to proof to story to imagery to delivery to reflection – and then starting all over again.
You could call it the TED talk effect. We have come to expect people to share complicated, technical, even scientific and medical concepts in an
As TEDxColumbus marks its 10th anniversary, let’s memorialize the culture of support that TEDxColumbus has created for the speakers to deliver such consequential and memorable talks.
To celebrate 10 years of TEDxColumbus, I present to you the ideas we’ve hosted on the stage. Curating and coaching most of these talks has
When working on any skill, especially one that has to do with public speaking, it helps to remember the four stages of learning that can lead to public speaking mastery.
Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s hard to believe our Talk Like Someone’s Listening video series has already come to a close. The series
