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Five top tips for any graduate applying for their first role: 1) Having goals and career aspirations is great, but your interviewer...
Miriam Chancellor
Sep 192 min read
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Miriam Chancellor
May 273 min read
Jerry Seinfeld: Lessons from a pro
Unpacking Jerry Seinfeld's recent Duke Commencement Address My guilty pleasure is preparing dinner with a glass of chardonnay whilst...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 5, 20232 min read
Why giving up might just be the key to success
When we’re young we’re given lots of advice. Some of it good: Don’t eat yellow snow. Some of it not-so-good: Ignore the bullies and...
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Miriam Chancellor
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Top LinkedIn Posts from 2022
To round out 2022, we wanted to share our top posts from the year, as voted by you. Let's take a look, starting with post number 10....
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Miriam Chancellor
Oct 31, 20223 min read
The lectern is not your friend.
I often get asked to speak at conferences and whenever I do, I notice something interesting. If there’s a lectern available, people will...
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Miriam Chancellor
Oct 4, 20222 min read
Beans, beans, boring beans.
If you had to eat beans on toast for the rest of your life, you’d probably lose the will to live—not because your flatulence would...
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Miriam Chancellor
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Two techniques that will make you appear a competent, experienced speaker (whether you are or not).
If you can master these two key delivery techniques, you will give the impression you’re a competent, experienced speaker, regardless of...
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Miriam Chancellor
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Salary Negotiations — Heads I win, tails you lose.
What if you could pick up $5,000 in five minutes? You can. It’s called salary negotiation, and too many people suck at it. There’s no...
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Miriam Chancellor
Dec 16, 20212 min read
2021 Reflections and Inspirations
“Change is the only constant in life.” — Heraclitus I think it’s fair to say 2021 was a year of sudden change, followed quickly by...
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Miriam Chancellor
Oct 6, 20216 min read
How to be an authentic speaker
Earlier this year I worked with Michael, an ambitious business executive preparing a conference keynote speech. After we had consolidated...
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Miriam Chancellor
Sep 20, 20216 min read
Storytelling at work—what, why, when, and how?
“Just one more chapter before bed!” “How did you two meet?” “Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult colleague.” “How was...
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Miriam Chancellor
Sep 4, 20218 min read
How to be funny
This post is dedicated to my darling Granny, Elaine Bartley (93) who died this week. Granny introduced me to Toastmasters which...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 28, 20213 min read
Lights, camera...no thanks? — Camera use during virtual meetings
This week I ran two online workshops on ‘virtual presence’ for Air BnB (9 pm NZ time). One hot topic that came up during the workshop was...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 25, 20214 min read
An Independent Event Goer's Guide To Events
While I was studying at university, I made the decision to attend more events by myself. It’s not that I enjoyed being a loner, but...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Virtual Meeting Checklist
Now most of us are back to working from home, here are a few quick tips to ensure your virtual meeting is a successful one. Nail your...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Standing up to the fear-bear
In '12 Rules for Life,' Jordan Peterson states that the two most primal human fears are: the fear of death and the fear of social...
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 19, 20211 min read
I want to sound like that!
I often hear people say, "I want to speak like Mr/Mrs X." Yes, observing experienced speakers can be informative but don't mimic them....
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Miriam Chancellor
Aug 19, 20215 min read
10 Presentation Preparation Tips
1) GET FEEDBACK EARLY AND OFTEN. I used to find it hard to share my speech/presentation progress. Why? In case the person I confided in...
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Miriam Chancellor
Jan 24, 20202 min read
A Two-Step Approach to Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety
Fear of judgement. Fear of failure. Fear of vulnerability. Fear of not being good enough. As shown in my recent LinkedIn post, these are...
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