by Rosemary Ravinal | Oct 5, 2026 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management
With so much at stake in the November midterm elections in the U.S., I feel compelled to write about the messages asking for your vote. My purpose is to encourage you to sort fact from fiction, truth from lies, and evidence from emotional appeals. During election...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Sep 21, 2026 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management
Do not start a presentation with your name. Start with a preview, a promise, and a plan for what’s in it for them. Let me explain. The first words of a presentation carry an unfair amount of weight. In the opening minute, your audience decides whether you are...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Sep 7, 2026 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management
What can Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem teach us about communication? One built a career with a guitar, 3,000 songs, rhinestones, big hair, and an unmistakable Tennessee drawl. The other became one of the most recognizable voices of the women’s movement through...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Aug 17, 2026 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management
Have you ever listened to someone speak and thought, Where is this going? They may be brilliant and know their subject inside and out. They may have something important to say. But without structure, their ideas arrive like a box of puzzle pieces dumped on a table,...
by Rosemary Ravinal | Jul 27, 2026 | Executive Communications, Video Conferences, Video Meeting Management
Long before there were emojis, there were hands. Every conversation, presentation, negotiation, and story we’ve ever told has been accompanied by them. We wave hello, point the way, applaud a victory, offer a handshake, signal “stop,” and raise a...
