By Greg Owen-Boger, VP at Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” Confucius
I’ve heard this quote used in many contexts. I suppose that’s for good reason. What we call things matters.
For example, many types of communication are called “presentations,” and that’s caused [...]

A Discussion of Turpin Communication’s Core Principles:
The Presenter’s Role as Facilitator
by Dale Ludwig, President & Founder of Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

This is the fourth and final post focusing on Turpin’s core principles. In the first three I defined the Orderly Conversation, Default Approaches and what it [...]

A Discussion of Turpin Communication’s Core Principles:
Engagement
by Dale Ludwig, President & Founder of Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”
Part 1, Part 2, Part 4

This is the third in a series of four posts focusing on Turpin’s core principles. In the last entry I talked about how every presenter brings a Default Approach [...]

By Greg Owen-Boger, VP at Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”

“Producing didactic video is a skill that will be as important as designing workbooks that aid learning.”
I love this quote. It’s the first sentence in an article by Jonathan Halls on the ASTD website. Halls is right. Video in [...]

A Discussion of Turpin Communication’s Core Principles:
Default Approaches
by Dale Ludwig, President of Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”
Part 1, Part 3, Part 4

This is the second in a series of four posts focusing on Turpin’s core principles. In the last entry I focused on the Orderly Conversation, our term for the presentations [...]

By Greg Owen-Boger, VP at Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”

“I think your eLearning courses succeed because they have personality.”
This comment was part of a conversation I was having with an L&D peer at a conference recently. I was really happy to hear it. When we were putting our [...]

A Discussion of Turpin Communication’s Core Principles:
The Orderly Conversation
by Dale Ludwig, President of Turpin Communication and coauthor of the upcoming book, “The Orderly Conversation”
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

This post and the three to follow will focus on Turpin’s core principles. For those of you familiar with the work we do, this will be a [...]

By Greg Owen-Boger, VP and Trainer at Turpin Communication
It’s one thing to be clear, concise, and in control of your message when you’re speaking to a group of people in a live conference room setting. It’s an entirely different thing to keep audience members attentive and engaged when presenting virtually.
It’s not just learning how to [...]

by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

This is the last article in a series about the characteristics of successful business presentation training. The question I’ve set out to answer with the series is “How do I know I’m getting presentation skills training that will give [...]

by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5

This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts focusing on the skill-building approach business presenters need.
As I said in the first post of this series, if you find yourself in a presentation skills workshop where you [...]