Street Smart Communication Skills, One on One and to a Group - How to be a Great Public Speaker
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YOU can be a GREAT COMMUNICATOR AND A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER!!

I HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE, AND HAVE DELIVERED OVER 2000 PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW I  CAN MAKE YOU A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER.

MY "STREET SMART" STRATEGY IS CENTERED AROUND THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO TRY TO LEARN EVERYTHING...YOU SIMPLY NEED TO LEARN THE "MAIN THINGS THAT MATTER" AND THAT GET THE MOST RESULTS.

THIS IS PROVEN WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE 80/20 RULE. THIS PROVEN STATISTICAL RULE STATES THAT  80% OF THE RESULTS OF ANYTHING, COMES FROM 20% OF THE EFFORT!

THINK ABOUT IT! WHAT IF YOU KNEW THE RIGHT 20% OF THE THINGS THAT GET  ALL THE RESULTS!

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I GIVE YOU.

THAT WAY, YOU CAN GET REAL GOOD, REAL FAST, AND IT SAVES YOU MOUNTAINS OF TIME, ENERGY, MONEY - AND EMBARASSING MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY.

THE FIRST THING IS YOU MUST KNOW THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO.

THE SECOND THING IS YOU MUST DO THEM!

AND, BY USING MY TECHNIQUES, YOU SAVE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF LEARNING, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN IT THE HARD WAY.


I CAN MAKE YOU REALLY GOOD ON YOUR FEET, REALLY FAST. SEE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF REAL TESTIMONIALS BELOW IN BLUE TEXT

I TELL YOU THE 10 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW TO KEEP FROM EMBARASSING YOURSELF ON STAGE , DESTROYING YOUR CAREER AND LIMITING YOUR INCOME POTENTIAL

DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU!

DON'T LET THE FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING OR POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS HOLD YOU BACK ANY LONGER...TAKE ACTION NOW!

Real Testimonials about Steve:

"Steve has a gift for public speaking that, quite frankly, most people do not have " - Friend from South Carolina

"Steve is by far the best communicator in our company" Executive from large firm in Virginia

I never realized how important public speaking and communication skills were in the sales process "Mark" from Georgia

"Steve, EVERYBODY needs these techniques...I'm 56 years old and wish I had these years ago...Public speaking has always been an issue for me...until now...CEO of an Insurance company in Virginia

"Your information on speech content AS WELL as delivery techniques has made all the difference for me" - Mike from Pennsylvania

Steve, your "Street Smart Path" makes all the sense in the world. I wish I knew and understood all of this years ago!   Ellen, from Virginia

"Steve's communication skills were monumental in scope during our ERP (new computer system) implementation" - Larry from Richmond, Va

After learning your secrets to being a great communicator, I am now a MUCH better salesperson than I was before !! "Kenny" from Kentucky


Steve, you could make a fortune in selling - you are really good at influencing and persuading others _"Charlie" from New Jersey


Thanks Steve for telling me about the "five major sins" of a bad presentation - now I avoid them and my presentations are much better" - Jerry from New York


"You mention there are approximately 30 million presentations given every day in the U.S. - and many of them fail to get the message across - the business world really needs these tips" Mark  - Annapolis, Maryland

"Mr. Patterson, thank you for coming to our school and teaching us these powerful public speaking tips - I no longer have fear" - Student in Virginia

"I enjoyed all the speaking principles but the one about the "power of the pause" is really a great tool - I used it in a recent  meeting and you could hear a pin drop" - Exec. from a east coast firm

"Thanks for coming to our school - the tip about preparation and how much I should do before each speech was a real eye opener" - Justin, Richmond, Va.


"I can't believe how much "real world" information is left out of both the high school and college education - I should have had this information 15 years ago! " "Scott" from Richmond, Va


Steve, where did you come up with those "Ten Steps? Thats's AWESOME and it makes SO MUCH SENSE!
(Student after hearing Steve's One hour session)

Steve, not only do the nine steps work for business, they also make total sense for individuals!
(Kristi from Richmond, Va)

"Whether you are a high school, college, or adult student - this information will help you become more successful - period.
Debbie, from Virginia.

"Steve, thank you for teaching me how to create rapport with people quickly and effectively - it has helped me in all aspects of my life" - Earl from Mississippi

"Once you explained the four personality types to me and the basic principles of winning friends my life is better all around" - Mark from Kentucky

"Thanks for teaching the basics of leadership - I didn't understand that I too could become a leader" John from Nelson County, Va


"Steve has an enormous drive for information and knowledge - and his ability to share and teach others is incredible" - Friend from Ohio

"Steve has a real knack for taking complicated subjects and putting them into plain language - and then teaching us to understand" Bob  - Richmond, Va.



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WHETHER ITS ONE ON ONE WITH ANOTHER PERSON, READING OTHER PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUAGE, SPEAKING IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE, OR INFLUENCING AND PERSUADING OTHERS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS AS A LEADER AND AS A PERSON.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, ALL THESE SKILLS, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP SKILLS, ARE LEARNABLE.
BEGIN LEARNING THEM NOW AND TAKE A MAJOR STEP TOWARD IMPROVING YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

YOU WILL BEGIN NOTICING THE POSITIVE EFFECTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND IN A SHORT TIME YOU WILL SEE GREAT CHANGES IN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AS WELL AS IN YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS.

YOU WILL SEE YOUR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE OTHERS INCREASE SHARPLY, AS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE VALUE EQUATION THAT ALL PEOPLE GO THROUGH BEFORE THEY BUY OR "BUY INTO" ANYTHING. (THIS IS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL TOOL TO KNOW)

AND, YOU WILL BE AWESOME ON YOUR FEET IN FRONT OF A CROWD.

BLOW PEOPLE AWAY FROM NOW ON WHEN YOU GIVE A SPEECH OR PRESENTATION. ALL YOU NEED ARE THE KEYS TO DOING IT RIGHT. THEN IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF EXECUTING. I HAVE ALL OF THAT FOR YOU IN MY E BOOK AND/OR MY DVD. START CHANGING YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER...RIGHT NOW


WHY AM I QUALIFIED?

1. I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS OF SOME TYPE MY WHOLE CAREER.
2. I'VE GIVEN OVER 2000 PRESENTATIONS
3. I GIVE THEM ALMOST EVERY DAY,
4. I AM A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SPEAKER'S ASSOCIATION (WHICH YOU HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO BE IN) AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I KNOW HOW TO TEACH IT TO YOU, IN SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD LANGUAGE.
5. I LOVE TO DO IT AND LOVE TO TEACH OTHERS AS WELL (SEE TESTIMONIALS IN BLUE BELOW)

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THE BEST JOBS KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE, BOTH ONE ON ONE AND TO A GROUP - THEY HAVE GREAT INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND THEY CAN GIVE GREAT SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS. I CAN TEACH BOTH TO YOU NOW.

INCIDENTALLY, LEADERSHIP BEGINS AND ENDS WITH COMMUNICATION. AND LEADERS GET THE PROMOTIONS, THE BEST JOBS, AND MAKE MORE MONEY!

AFTER TWO DEGREES, 25 YEARS IN THE WORK FORCE, AND GIVING OVER 2000 PRESENTATIONS, I KNOW THE MAIN THINGS THAT GET THE MOST RESULTS. THATS WHAT STREET SMARTS IS ABOUT, THAT'S WHAT I TEACH YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT I CHARGE FOR. I GIVE YOU IDEAS, WISDOM, INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIES ON HOW TO BE A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER AND HOW TO BE GREAT AT COMMUNICATING TO A SINGLE PERSON, IN A MEETING, AND ON YOUR FEET. IT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, GET YOU MORE FRIENDS, GAIN MORE RESPECT, GET BETTER JOBS, MAKE YOU A BETTER LEADER, AND ON AND ON.

IT'S TIME TO MASTER PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND TO STOP LETTING THEM MASTER YOU! THESE SECRETS WILL MAKE YOU GREAT ON YOUR FEET - AND MAKE YOU GREAT FAST!

AND, IT'S NO SECRET THAT GREAT COMMUNICATORS GET THE BEST JOBS AND MAKE MORE MONEY

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? TAKE ACTION NOW

IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH PRESENTATIONS OR PUBLIC SPEAKING IN GENERAL, AND KNOW YOU NEED HELP, YOUR SEARCH IS OVER, GUARANTEED.

IF YOU WONDER HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD PREPARE BEFORE EVERY PRESENTATION, I TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE RULE IS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN FRONT OF A GROUP, I TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SPEAKER'S GREATEST ENEMY IS, I TELL YOU (AND IT'S NOT FEAR!) AND I TELL YOU HOW TO ELIMINATE THAT ENEMY

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD MOVE AROUND DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, I TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PREVENT THE AUDIENCE FROM "ZONING OUT", I TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW AND WHEN TO USE THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON IN THE SPEAKER'S ARSENAL, I TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT AND HOW TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM A PRESENTATION LIKE A ROCK STAR, I TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT!

YOU GET THE PICTURE! YOU CAN BE GREAT AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, YOU SIMPLY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO

AND, IF YOU WANT TO:


THEN YOU MUST BECOME A GOOD SPEAKER AND COMMUNICATOR!

MANY OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THAT HAVE EVER LIVED WERE GREAT COMMUNICATORS - RONALD REAGAN, LEE IAC0CCA, MARGARET THATCHER, BILL CLINTON, AND MANY OTHERS. BY THEIR OWN ADMITTANCE, IT WAS COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT REALLY SET THEM APART. I CAN HELP YOU BECOME A GREAT COMMUNICATOR, BOTH ONE ONE ONE AND TO A GROUP - HOW TO BE A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER. HERE'S THE GREAT THING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING, YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW  AND DO THE MAIN THINGS THAT GET THE BEST RESULTS! THAT'S WHAT STREET SMARTS IS ALL ABOUT.

STREET SMARTS ARE CRITICAL IN THE REAL WORLD -- AND IT'S IS NOT ABOUT KNOWING EVERYTHING - IT'S ABOUT KNOWING AND DOING THE MAIN THINGS THAT GIVE YOU THE MOST RESULTS ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS
SEE FULL EXPLANATION OF STREET SMARTS AT BOTTOM OF THE PAGE



YOU can be successful! YOU were BORN TO WIN.
Being a good PUBLIC SPEAKER AND COMMUNICATOR can help you get there.
You need to be a great public speaker/communicator.  You won’t MAXIMIZE YOUR SUCCESS without it!
I can show you how.
Public speaking/Communication skills are some of the most important skills you will ever need. Whether one on one or to a group, these are skills YOU MUST HAVE. This holds true regardless of the field you are in now or may go into in the future. The many benefits are:
·Gain self confidence and self esteem
·Helps you be all you can be
·Respect by others (most people can’t do it!)
·The ability to persuade and influence others
·Improve your leadership skills
·The ability to sell yourself and your ideas
·Make more money
·Increase peace of mind
·Impress others in job interviews
·The ability to help people understand your points  - at work and at home
·The ability to make people believe in what you say
·The power to overcome objections
·After delivering over 2000 presentations in the past twenty years and helping  people tell their stories better and get their message across, I realized I could help many others.


PUBLIC SPEAKING:
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN :



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All of this is available from this page of the website - and it all comes with a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE - if you feel you don't get your money's worth.


OTHER STREETSMART SKILLS:

Secrets to being a great communicator ONE ON ONE AND TO A GROUP
Secrtes to being a great public speaker
Secrets to making the best choices, by using a tool from the school of economics
Secrets about money that will make you sound like an MBA and that YOU MUST KNOW
Secrets to becoming a leader, and how to create vision/mission and inspire others to help you achieve it
Secrets to becoming a great strategist, by learning the three tools of strategic thinking
Understand how to sell anything to anybody by understanding the human value equation, and knowing it COLD

My mission is to help you succeed by giving you a proven path to follow and real world tools to use, REGARDLESS of how you define success. After two college degrees and 25 years in the work force I've noticed certain things come up over and over...things that are conceptual in nature and CRITICAL to understand---these things form a path, a roadmap, a framework to success, again, regardless of how you define success!  I've also written a book called 'Steve Patterson's Street Smarts For Success: A Step-by-Step Guide"
The reason I name these tools 'Street Smarts" is because I've learned most of them in the "real world" - not just in formal education. I also believe that you don't have to know everything - but you DO need to KNOW  the MAIN things. Again, that's what street smarts is all about.

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Street Smart Communication Skills, One on One and to a Group - How to be a Great Public Speaker

If You Want to be StreetSmart...

 by steve patterson on 05/18/12

You have to understand the big picture

You have to understand strategy and what economists call "rational self interest"

You have to understand the basics of how to make the best choices with limited resources

You have to understand the basics of money management...or be taken to the cleaners

You have to understand the basics of good communication...or you will be held back because you can't get your message across or have the ability to speak well in front of a group

You have to understand  the basics of sales and selling...and the "value equation"

And lastly, you must understand the basics of leadership...or risk being tagged as a "follower" not a leader.

 Want to know more? Order my Street Smarts for Success book below!

 

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The Street Smart Communicator...and How to be a Good at Strategy

 by steve patterson on 05/09/12

Did you know that it's not always the strongest person or team that wins? It's because some people and teams are much better at strategy than others. And the word strategy, by definition means "positioning yourself to win."

In an earlier blog post I wrote about the first rule of strategy - 'Look forward and reason back." Sounds easy but works hard. There's a tool that the best strategists use called a "decision tree." I asked you to google that term and learn from it. The truth is a decision tree racks your brain and wears you out as you build them, but when you're done, you will most likely make the best decision. This task is so difficult that in business school the saying was "draw a tree and get a B" because it was so hard to get an A in that area.

So as you become more street smart, learn how to build just basic decision trees. They will help you win more often. Guaranteed.

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How to be Street Smart When Buying a Car

 by steve patterson on 05/08/12

So we're thinking about trading a 2006 black convertible GT Mustang for a newer model Mustang GT 5.0, maybe even a 2013 model. Sweet.

The street smart person knows the things he has to do to prepare for the event:

1. Price - compare to other dealers, etc

2. How to use a financial calculator to figure payment -

      a. Set the HP 10b financial calculator to 12/payments/year

      b. Enter the price where it says "present value", say $30,000k.

      c. Enter the number of months 48, 60, 72 whatever you're willing to finance

 

d. hit the payment key to calculate payment

Of course you check bankrate.com first and "search local interest rates" on new or used cars in your area so you know if anyone is trying to charge you too high a rate

I will keep you posted!

 

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The Street Smart Speech in Kansas City

 by steve patterson on 05/08/12

Things went well in Kansas City today...for all the reasons I'm always preaching about how to give a good speechs

1. I had prepared for the 20 hours necessary for the one hour presentation/discussion

2. I used "the power of the pause" at the right time, in the right way.

3. I know what the number one enemy is of a speaker...and I avoided it. Never be "the same" throughout a presentation. It's the number one killer. Always vary the tone and pitch throughout the presentation. If it sounds the same to the audience, it IS the same...and it's BORING

Here's to being street smart!

 "The shrewd ability to survive in a sometimes hostile environment called life!" 

 

 

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Preparing for a Speech Part II

 by steve patterson on 05/07/12

Ok so last week I talked to you about a speech I was giving in Missouri and the "rule of 20" when it comes down to preparing for a speech. I did just that and last week went great.

Tomorrow, I will be giving another talk and I'm very prepared - I've definitely put the "20 hours of practice in" for each hour of speaking. Nothing like knowing the material cold.

GAME ON

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Take My Street Smart Quiz and See How You Do!

 by steve patterson on 05/04/12

There's one on financial skills and one on Communication skills...several hundred have taken it and the average scores are surprisingly low

How will you do?

Here's to being street smart!

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Street Smart and the Ability to "See Around the Corner"

 by steve patterson on 05/03/12

One of the real keys to being streetsmart is the ability to look forward and reason back, or as I like to say it "see around the corner."

To do this you must understand strategy and strategic thinking. And to get you started, I will tell you that there are FOUR RULES of strategy and strategic thinking. The first one is "Look forward and reason backwards." A tool for you to google and look up is the term "decision tree." There you will find out how decision making can improve. Examples will come later.

Here's to being street smart! The shrewd ability to survive in a sometimes hostile environment called life! 

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Preparing for a Speech

 by steve patterson on 05/01/12

Many of you have asked me the question "How much should I prepare for a speech?" The answer may surprise you - and it's not "until you feel ready."

The answer is, for every one hour speech you give, prepare for 20 hours. Thats' right, 20 hours.

You will know your material cold. Your confidence will go through the roof. Your ability to "own the room" will soar. And people will notice.

In fact, I'm delivering one tomorrow in Saint Louis, Missouri. And as usual I've asked myself, have I prepared 20 hours for this approximately 1 hour speech? Absolutely, and that's why I'm pumped about giving it tomorrow - GAME ON!

Here's to your next speech and being a great communicator!

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Street Smart Public Speaking

 by steve patterson on 03/04/12

From my earlier posts you have seen my definition of "Streetsmarts." It's basically focused on one main thing:


1. The 80/20 rule. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's pretty amazing. The 80/20 rule was discovered by a scientist name Pareto who noticed that in many or most of his experiments, 80% of the results almost always came from 20% of the samples. This was curious to him so he expanded his newly found insight to other areas of life and guess what? He found the rule applied in almost all aspects of life! Just a few examples:

80% of most companies profits come from 20% of the customers
80% of their sales come from 20% of their customers
20% of the clothes in your closet is what you wear 80% of the time
20% of the carpet in your house is where you walk 80% of the time
20% of the people in a group project at work do 80% of the work

I could go on and on but the main point is this: What if we knew the key 20% of various subjects that give you 80% of the results? That would be amazing!! and THAT my friends is what Streetsmarts is all about !

You could call it focusing on the MAIN THINGS that get the MOST results. For example:

1.In public speaking and communication, I KNOW the main things that will make you really good on your feet, really fast  - how valuable is that? This comes from my 25 years in the business world and giving over 2000 - and I KNOW they work
2. In sales, (and everybody is in sales) I know the MAIN THINGS that will get you the MOST RESULTS. How valuable is that? HUGE
3. In strategic thinking and strategy decisions, I know the MAIN THINGS to help you get the BEST RESULTS.
4. In the subject of leadership, again there are some MAIN THINGS that will get you the most results.
5. In the subject of money, economics, and finance, there are MAIN THINGS you must know to make the best choices
6. In one on one communication, there are MAIN THINGS that will help give you the MOST RESULTS.

You get my point. I wrap all of these up into my book called  "Steve Patterson's Street Smarts for Success: A Step by Step Path" which I sell as a book and various other elements (DVD, etc) See below

I also want to hear from you! please post here and we can discuss a number of these things

Here's to being streetsmart!




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Street Smarts and the Ability to Lead

 by steve patterson on 02/22/12

My definition of Street Smarts is "the shrewd ability to survive in a harsh environment."


We all live in that type of environment and the more street smart you are to your surroundings, the more you understand the context of the situation you are in, the better of a strategist you are, the higher your chances for success.

I go into a number of things with my street smart teachings but it really comes down to this: What are the MAIN THINGS you need to know about a subject to be successful? We know we as humans can't know "everything" but we CAN know the MAIN THINGS. And it's mastering the MAIN THINGS that get the results. 

That's what I teach. The main things about leadership. Strategic thinking. Marketing. Sales. Communication skills. Public Speaking. Economics and Finance (money skills)

I look forward to hearing from you, I personally field every question I get, feel free to hit the "email me" button and drop me a note. I want to help YOU succeed!

Here's to being street smart !

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Why is Communication so hard!!??

 by steve patterson on 02/16/12

Welcome bloggers to my "Street Smart" blog.


As a Vice President of Marketing, I am involved in a lot of things - and I see ONE THING that causes more problems than anything else: POOR COMMUNICATION. Just today at least 4 major campaigns "blew up" because of poor communication between departments, among individuals, and even between friends. To understand why I list the top three reasons:

1. Communication is HARD, not easy. It takes work, and it takes putting yourself at risk. 
2. Lack of confidence in what you're presenting. We all need to remember this quote: Confidence doesn't come from always being right - it comes from NOT FEARING to be wrong. Don't be afraid to be wrong! Get feedback from peers and try to make the project your working on even better.
3. Lack of time and the underlying belief that "I've already explained it once - why should I have to do it again? Here's why: Research shows that usually you have to say something SEVEN TIMES before people here it the first time!!

Remember, communications is hard, not easy. It is often viewed as a "soft" subject but it remains the hardest skill there is.

Here's to good communicating!

Steve

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Welcome to my blog!

 by steve patterson on 02/15/12

Thank you for visitng my site...

My name is Steve Patterson and I am an author, professional public speaker, and VP of Marketing at Southern States Cooperative in Richmond, Va.

I have over 25 years experience in the business world, most of that in Marketing and Sales.

I speak on Marketing, Sales, and most importantly, leadership. I've published a book, Steve Patterson's Street Smarts for Success, and the goal of my speaking is to inspire and motivate audiences to perform at higher levels of success.

Speaking of inspiration, I spent yesterday on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. What an awesome place. The greatest city in the world, in the greatest country in the world, with the greatest political system in the world. Freedom. Power of the people. The Democratic process at work. And, regardless of which side you're on, these people work hard to make our country a great place.

"It all comes down to leadership" is a quote by John Maxwell. And boy does it ever. Leadership in your life, at your work, with your friends, with your family, and it's all about influence and inspiring others.

I've got a great inspirational speech about leadership in Marketing and Sales, contact me today for informaton. My e-mail address is street4success@yahoo.com

Until later

Steve

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Welcome to my blog! Let's Talk About Communications SKills! Both One on One and to a Group

 by steve patterson on 04/11/10

Welcome to my blog!

My objective is to help you with perhaps the most important skill in life...good communication skills. This includes both one on one communication and also to a group - how to be a great public speaker.

After 2 degrees, 25 years experience, and giving over 2000 presentations, I know the MAIN THINGS that get the MOST RESULTS.

Let me help you become a great communicator!

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