Blog posts on this site tagged with 'Communications Coach'

Love Her or Hate Her: Please Don’t Talk Like Sarah Palin

And up here the fine people who also fight the good fight too for the great state of Washington, though also we have made a similar vow, a pledge also too, because it is all about bein’ clear with the people also though it too is about jobs and too if it is God’s will and […]

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Why Bad Meetings Happen to Good People: Article hits Biznik!

Biznik is one of the coolest business networking sites around. Based in Seattle and spreading quickly across the land.  Below is an article that you can find there. Penned by yours truly about one of my favorite subjects:
Why Bad Meetings Happen to Good People
Ever feel like you’re stuck in Dilbert’s conference room, wherein meetings drone on […]

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Lynn Interviewed by Ragan Communications: The Powerful Voice of Steve Jobs

I was recently interviewed by reporter Christine Kent, who writes for my favorite corporate communications website, Ragan.com.
The subject was Steve Jobs, and the qualities that make him one of the century’s best presenters.  The whole article is here.  And below is the verbatim of my interview with Christine:
Christine:   Is Steve Jobs, by your definition, a “good […]

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Straight Talk Depress

Christmas, for me, comes once every four years.  I bathe in the political season - all 18 months of it. I love the oratory, the drama and of course  those “you can’t make up this stuff” surprises.  I marvel at the maneuvering, and snicker at the snide.  I also watch closely for the cues that I can […]

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Putting Lipstick on the Negative Ads

It seems to me there is a fair amount of passive-aggression going on, and I don’t think it serves the process of election well.
The ads, you may have noticed, have gone crazy.
       “He called her a pig!”
Can we just stop for a moment? We all know that both campaigns were blowing smoke when they promised a […]

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Media Training Tip #1 - You are NEVER Off the Record

It’s spreading faster than the California wildfires this afternoon. Disparaging remarks made by Jesse Jackson about Senator Barack Obama. Reverend Jackson believed an interview was over, and the microphones were off.  As is so often the case, Jackson was right on only one count. The interview was officially over.  Jackson’s apology is plastered everywhere, but […]

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Lynn Interviewed by Bulldog Reporter

This article is a new post in the “spotlight” section of Bulldog Reporter’s “Daily Dog”.  You can click the link, or read on:

Is Your Exec a Stepford CEO? Media Trainer Espinoza on VIPs as Villains, Victims or Heroes

Brian Pittman’s spotlight this week: Lynn Espinoza, President, Speak! Communications“A Stepford CEO is a corporate executive who has […]

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On Authenticity and Acronyms

Recently, I was a panelist for one of Bulldog Reporter’s nationwide audio conferences.  The topic was, “Fighting Media Attacks: PR Secrets of Training Your CEO to Confidently Face the Press When Bad News Strikes.” (That’s a mouthful, yes?).   I’ve been tapped as an expert on many of Bulldog’s panels, and I love to do them.  Bulldog […]

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A Sad State of TV Affairs

I have to say I’m not surprised by this article , written by a journalism professor at USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism.  The upshot is that TV News has become the pariah of the journalistic community. Not just for news consumers old enough to remember good TV news, but even for experienced reporters and young students who […]

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So This is It. Isn’t It?

Two very important speeches tonight.  I consider them the reward for the political junkies who have spent five months - ah, who are we kidding, the last year - enthralled by each campaign stop; each beer shooter; gutter ball and each slur thrown from the pulpit.
One of my favorite political strategists said this morning that […]

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