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

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