2. Communicate With Mastery - A Talk With JD Schramm (USC Annenberg)

01/25/23 • 18 min

Help To Grow Talk: Effective Communication Skills

Learn how to make your words count every time you write or speak in this talk with JD Schramm, Lecturer at USC Annenberg and a Keynote Speaker, Communication Consultant, Coach & Author. We talk about his book Communicate with Mastery. You never have a perfect call, talk, or email, but the goal in communication is: to get better and better.
Links

LinkedIn: JD Schramm
Book: Communicate with Mastery
Book: Guide to Presentations (Lynn Russel, Mary Munter)
Book: Resonate (Nancy Duarte)
Tedx: The secret structure of great talks (Nancy Duarte)
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Website: Vocal Justice (Shawon Jackson)
YouTube - Stanford Graduate School of Business: The Cost of Conformity (Shawon Jackson)

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LinkedIn: JD Schramm
Book: Communicate with Mastery
Book: Guide to Presentations (Lynn Russel, Mary Munter)
Book: Resonate (Nancy Duarte)
Tedx: The secret structure of great talks (Nancy Duarte)
Website: DanPink.com (Daniel H. Pink)
Website: Vocal Justice (Shawon Jackson)
YouTube - Stanford Graduate School of Business: The Cost of Conformity (Shawon Jackson)

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Help To Grow Talk: Effective Communication Skills - 2. Communicate With Mastery - A Talk With JD Schramm (USC Annenberg)

Transcript

Note: Podcast transcription edited to improve readability.
Desiree Timmermans: 0:06

Welcome to the podcast, Help To Grow Talk, where we talk about growing your communication skills. How can you better communicate and change the way you live, work, interact with others and help make the world a better place?

JD Schramm: 0:20

"And so with communication, we always have to give ourselves that chance to go back and revisit some