Lynn Espinoza is a broadcast news veteran with more than a decade of media, presentation and executive coaching experience. She has developed personal coaching sessions for Fortune 100 C-level executives, corporate communicators of all kinds, doctors, lawyers and leaders in non-profit.
Blog posts on this site tagged with 'Communications Training'
I’m a Recovering Idiot
This is my favorite book:
The authors are Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway and Jon Warshawsky. I need to tell them that I bring their book to most of my training sessions, and promote it as “required reading” for corporate spokespeople.
I’d also like to tell them that their book led to the end of my cushy six-figure job.
I had […]
An Interesting Conversation
Like a lot of you, I blog all over the place. And sometimes I post in other places blog entries that originated here. A few days ago, I posted my last entry “Obama’s Media Strategy: Blitz or Backfire?” on one of my favorite sites for communicators, ragan.com.
Anyway.. there is a lively discussion going on over […]
A Very Big Card has Fallen
“… Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government with no newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” - Thomas Jefferson
Whether or not you live in Seattle, you’ve probably heard the news. I guess we should be thankful that we still can […]
Fame Means You Always Have to Say You’re Sorry
It sort of worked for Timothy Geithner.
It didn’t work for Tom Daschle.
Michael Phelps got mixed results.
A future Hall of Fame vote will tell us if it worked for A-Rod.
Coming clean; saying “I’m sorry”. It has been the leading tool in broad, public damage control since the advent of the PR agency. History shows it works pretty well, […]
Ann Coulter in 2009
In my last post, I credited President Bush with choosing a gracious tone as he leaves Washington. It’s generous, and it goes a long way to heal the acromony of the last two years. It helps the incoming administration to set a positive new tone.
Ann Coulter, on the other hand, is doing everything in her […]
Speech Befitting the President
I’m not trying to pick on Sarah Palin, really I’m not. I mean, the poor woman lost. Then she had to return all those clothes.
It’s just that I came across a very clever post that goes straight to the heart of what I’ve been saying about both Sarah Palin and George W. That is, that we’ve […]
I Am the Body Blogosphere
I heard an interesting comment this week, and I want to know what you think.
Here’s the context: I was listening to a story about President-elect Obama (but he is not my focus for this querie). The upshot was that he might be adjusting his tax promises. The TV pundit said, “the blogosphere isn’t going to […]
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 […]
I’m Right. You’re Wrong
I’ve had this post on my mind for days, but I’ve been too troubled to write it. If you’ve visited my blog in the past, you know that the political season is my passion. I relish the oratory, the hyperbole and the innuendo. It can represent communication at its best or very worst. It can be […]
When YOU should NOT be the spokesperson!
You’ve been tapped to be the speaker at an industry event. There is a nagging feeling deep inside your gut that you are being set up for failure. The content for the speech is not your own, and in fact this is not your area of expertise.
You feel like you’re over your head.
Guess what? […]