executive communications
Guest Post: FunnyBizz Founder David Nihill on the Funniest TED Talks
As so many of us do, David Nihill used to have serious stage fright — the sweats, the shakes… we’re all familiar with the side effects of public speaking anxiety. But Nihill knew it was time to overcome that fear. Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule, he considered who spends the most time on…
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3 Things I Learned Speaking at TED
How Vocal Analytics Help Speakers Improve their Performance
What are vocal analytics? A large part of our communication analytics offering is related to making sure your content is best-in-class. However, there’s another component to our work, and that’s making sure your spoken delivery does that content justice. Our vocal analytics offer a data-driven measurement of your vocal techniques (volume, pitch, variation, etc.) as…
Read MoreMaintaining investor trust during a CEO transition
A recent study from FTI consulting found that, while CEO reputation is consistently a critical factor in investment decisions, that importance is amplified during a CEO transition. The study revealed that 39% of investors would likely sell a stock based solely on the CEO. It stands to reason, then, that a new CEO—unproven as the…
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Preparing for a CEO transition: building a best-in-class executive bench
In their 2015 report, The CEO Reputation Premium, Weber Shandwick finds global executives attribute nearly half of their company’s reputation to the CEO. Further, a related study reports that 66 percent of consumers say their perception of a CEO affects their opinion of the company as a whole. Couple that pressure with the never-ending demands…
Read MoreHow content optimization can improve your brand language
What is content optimization?
Read More3 myths about content optimization
Often, when writers talk about content optimization, they’re talking about stuffing web pages with keywords designed to boost SEO scores. At Quantified Communications, we use the term a little differently—more in the way an editor might discuss a manuscript. For us, content optimization refers to refining your communications—earnings calls, executive keynotes, website content—to ensure your…
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How public speaking coaches use data analytics
Public speaking—and communications in general—has long been considered an art. Starting in grade school, there’s a perception that you can be great at math and science or great at writing and speaking, but not both. So it’s not all that surprising that, when we tell people we approach communications coaching from a data analytics perspective,…
Read More5 Tips for Choosing the Right Public Speaking Coach
Everywhere we turn there’s another reminder that the standard for communications effectiveness by corporate leaders is at an all-time high. Each of these reminders is a nudge to communications teams to seek professional help from a public speaking coach.
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Cloudy admissions: Analyzing Volkswagen’s crisis communications
When the news broke about Volkswagen’s CO2 emissions scandal, now-former CEO Martin Winterkorn assured customers, investors and regulators in a video statement that, as Volkswagen worked through the crisis, they would do so “with the greatest possible openness and transparency.”
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