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Yes You Can!
Everything You Need from A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action
Stacey Hanke
| January 15, 2009
You can e-mail, text and leave great, great voicemail messages…but
You probably have no idea how persuasive and influential you can be face-to-face
Face-to-Face communication; it’s fast becoming a lost art in our time of e-mail, texting, and voicemail. But ultimately, when it comes to engaging an audience, making a compelling sales presentation – to one person or ten – business is still driven by personal communication. Hi-technology sets the stage, but speaking, body language, tone and many other elements seal the deal.
Stacey Hanke, founder of 1st Impressions Consulting Inc., and author of Yes You Can! Everything You Need from A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action, has built her career around empowering others to maximize their communication skills. She’s trained and coached over 10,000 individuals and delivered over 500 presentations to national and international business groups, teaching them how to communicate effectively.
From the book, readers will learn how to:
* Not just talk, but consciously and deliberately communicate in a way to influence others to take action
* See themselves as others see them; are you as good – or bad—as you think you are when speaking before/to others?
* Change behavior to enhance communication and influence skills
* The importance of delivering the message your audience wants to receive, not what you want them to hear
* Permanently change your verbal communications technique for consistently improved results
“I specialize in providing practical skills and techniques that build confidence and credibility into leadership, client relationships, and personal lives,” says Hanke.
In the beginning of her career, Hanke picked up on what she saw was a glaring obstacle for seamless corporate function. Less than desirable verbal skills were preventing everything from running smoothly.
“As a regional training specialist for Target, it was my responsibility to investigate the largest chasms in management development. I discovered that the biggest gaps were in the inability to communicate effectively, communicating the wrong messages, and conflicting verbal and nonverbal behaviors.”
Seeing how the lack of communicative ability seemed to plaque so many corporations, Hanke discovered a calling. In August 2003, she’s founded 1st Impression Inc. to aid people in developing their professional communication and speaking skills and develop approaches which achieve desired results.
“Communicating with influence takes work and requires constant attention,” notes Hanke. “My book provokes individuals to makes a conscious effort to revamp these skills, pointing out different signs of ineffectiveness that may have gone undetected otherwise.”
Stacey Hanke, a graduate of University of Wisconsin, started her career in radio, where she did voiceovers for commercials. After working for the Target Corporation as a regional training specialist, Hanke moved on to the Wisconsin Credit Union League and then to Decker Communications (now Novations).
Inspired to help professionals to maximize verbal skills, Hanke founded her own professional speaking company, 1st Impressions Consulting, Inc, in August 2003. She has coached over 10,000 individuals and delivered over 500 presentations to national and international business groups. Her clients have included Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Food and Drug Administration, and different sects of the Unites States Army and United States Navy.
Hanke was the only woman selected to present at the National Speakers Association’s Annual Convention 2008, where the selection of speakers were determined as “The Top of the Top Under 40.” She also finds time to serve as a board member of St. Jude’s Auxiliary Board for the Children’s Research Hospital. Her hobbies include staying physically active through sports and working out and spending quality time with friends and family.
Copies of YES YOU CAN! Everything You Need From A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action can be purchased on www.staceyhanke.com, www.authorhouse.com, or www.amazon.com.
REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Yes You Can!
Everything You Need from A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action
Stacey Hanke
ISBN-10: 1438904436
You probably have no idea how persuasive and influential you can be face-to-face
Face-to-Face communication; it’s fast becoming a lost art in our time of e-mail, texting, and voicemail. But ultimately, when it comes to engaging an audience, making a compelling sales presentation – to one person or ten – business is still driven by personal communication. Hi-technology sets the stage, but speaking, body language, tone and many other elements seal the deal.
Stacey Hanke, founder of 1st Impressions Consulting Inc., and author of Yes You Can! Everything You Need from A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action, has built her career around empowering others to maximize their communication skills. She’s trained and coached over 10,000 individuals and delivered over 500 presentations to national and international business groups, teaching them how to communicate effectively.
From the book, readers will learn how to:
* Not just talk, but consciously and deliberately communicate in a way to influence others to take action
* See themselves as others see them; are you as good – or bad—as you think you are when speaking before/to others?
* Change behavior to enhance communication and influence skills
* The importance of delivering the message your audience wants to receive, not what you want them to hear
* Permanently change your verbal communications technique for consistently improved results
“I specialize in providing practical skills and techniques that build confidence and credibility into leadership, client relationships, and personal lives,” says Hanke.
In the beginning of her career, Hanke picked up on what she saw was a glaring obstacle for seamless corporate function. Less than desirable verbal skills were preventing everything from running smoothly.
“As a regional training specialist for Target, it was my responsibility to investigate the largest chasms in management development. I discovered that the biggest gaps were in the inability to communicate effectively, communicating the wrong messages, and conflicting verbal and nonverbal behaviors.”
Seeing how the lack of communicative ability seemed to plaque so many corporations, Hanke discovered a calling. In August 2003, she’s founded 1st Impression Inc. to aid people in developing their professional communication and speaking skills and develop approaches which achieve desired results.
“Communicating with influence takes work and requires constant attention,” notes Hanke. “My book provokes individuals to makes a conscious effort to revamp these skills, pointing out different signs of ineffectiveness that may have gone undetected otherwise.”
Stacey Hanke, a graduate of University of Wisconsin, started her career in radio, where she did voiceovers for commercials. After working for the Target Corporation as a regional training specialist, Hanke moved on to the Wisconsin Credit Union League and then to Decker Communications (now Novations).
Inspired to help professionals to maximize verbal skills, Hanke founded her own professional speaking company, 1st Impressions Consulting, Inc, in August 2003. She has coached over 10,000 individuals and delivered over 500 presentations to national and international business groups. Her clients have included Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Food and Drug Administration, and different sects of the Unites States Army and United States Navy.
Hanke was the only woman selected to present at the National Speakers Association’s Annual Convention 2008, where the selection of speakers were determined as “The Top of the Top Under 40.” She also finds time to serve as a board member of St. Jude’s Auxiliary Board for the Children’s Research Hospital. Her hobbies include staying physically active through sports and working out and spending quality time with friends and family.
Copies of YES YOU CAN! Everything You Need From A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action can be purchased on www.staceyhanke.com, www.authorhouse.com, or www.amazon.com.
REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Yes You Can!
Everything You Need from A to Z To Influence Others To Take Action
Stacey Hanke
ISBN-10: 1438904436
