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Effective CommunicationCAAWS Women and Leadership Program
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Today’s Agenda
• Your Personal Brand
• Effective Introductions
• Communications Styles
• Online Communication
Etiquette
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Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport
and Physical Activity
Encouraging girls and women to get off the bleachers, and onto the fields and
playing courts, into the pools, the locker rooms and boardrooms of Canada
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CAAWS at a Glance
Women and Leadership Professional Development Women on Boards Women & Leadership Network Lunch & Learns
On the Move Aboriginal, Newcomer &
Racialized girls & young women Quality After School Programs
Mothers in Motion
Physical Activity for Women 55-70+
Addressing Homophobia in Sport
Active & Free: Young Women and Tobacco
CS4L Supplement Psycho-Social Factors Ontario Project
Awards & Scholarships Most Influential Women in
Sport and Physical Activity WISE Fund
Website & eNewsletter Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Photo DVD
LEADERSHIP PARTICIPATION EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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Your Brand’s Value
“…allows you to show the world your best true self. It helps you align every part of your life with your characteristics, strengths, values, and goals. By doing so, you create a meaningful, lasting
impression on everyone you meet. That impression can translate into success on the job, in a new
business, and in every aspect of your life.”- Susan Chritton
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Leaders Talk
• Henna Inam, CEO Transformational LeadershipThe Authentic Brand YOU
http://youtu.be/61oQkhJyJoE
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The Elevator Pitch
• Align with your brand• Define your value• Are succinct and informative• Are practiced and fluid
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Create Your Pitch
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Consider your Context
• Increase senior level support for a new project• Make a connection with a potential sponsor• Interview for a new job• Be considered for a promotion• …Other?
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• Project impact• Innovative ideas• Testimonials
• Key experiences• Unique contributions• Passions
• What’s in it for them?
Step 1 – Capture IdeasWorksheet #2
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Step 2 – Expand, Engage & Edit Worksheet #3
Advanced Approved Authoritative
Certified Confirmed Dominant Early
Endorsed Established Finest Foremost
Inaugural Inceptive Key Leading Main
Original Peerless Pioneering
Predominant Preferred Premier Primary
Principal Progressive Realistic
Recognized ResponsiveTranscribed from http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/careers/pitch/
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Create Your Pitch
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Create Your Pitch
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Communication Styles ModelWorksheet #5
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Task Focused• Control emotions, focus on
facts/logic, formal, serious, impersonal, precise and specific, business-like, hard to get to know
Vertical Axis
People Focused• Show and share feelings, use
intuition and opinion, people-oriented, warm, friendly, relaxed, personable, informal, relationship-oriented, easy to know
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Horizontal Axis
Direct/Tell• Assertive• Decisive• Confident• Impatient
Indirect/Ask• Quiet• Reserved• Team player• Cooperative• Supportive
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Style Prevalence
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• Results oriented• Like challenges• Take responsibility• Risk takers• Talk loud and fast• Authoritative tone
Driver
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• Energetic• Inspiring• Excitable• Creative• Ambitious• Talk loud and fast
Expressive
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Amiable
• Quiet• Supportive• Good Listeners• Strong personal ties• Seek feedback• Speak slowly and
quietly
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Analytical
• Thorough• Logical• Independent• Conservative• Detailed oriented• Concise language• Low pitch, formal tone
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Habits that Undermine Communication
Worksheet #8
“Things are always so black and white with you.”
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“I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to go back to just pointless, incessant barking.”
Etiquette for Electronic Communication
Worksheet #8
Thank You!For more information visit www.caaws.ca