communications
Use Your Fork – Your Holiday Conversation Prompt
Simple visual prompts can help you better navigate your interactions with colleagues and family members this Holiday Season.
Julienne Ryan
November 29, 2023
#workplacehumor
humor
“Chase The Ball, Then Hit It.”
The author shares a humorous tennis story and life lessons from her Queens, New York childhood.
Julienne Ryan
September 6, 2022
communications
Reenergize Your Communications By Taking A Pause
When we start to get “verklempt” (very emotional in Queens dialect and Yiddish), my guidance to us is simple: engage in “The power of doing just one thing to reenergize and connect.” The exercise is as simple as it sounds: Pause, regroup, find a positive action, and reach out.
Julienne Ryan
August 2, 2022
communications
“Show Up & Be Ready to be Authentic!” – A Queens Communications Playbook Lesson
A lesson about showing up, being yourself and the joy of unplanned moments of connection with Golda Solomon and Christopher Dean Sullivan the bassist. So much learning it in rooms full of people who are raising their creative voices for the good of others.
Julienne Ryan
July 5, 2022
business storytelling
Story Share Your Way to a Fresh Perspective and Maybe a New View.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to get a fresh perspective. I know this far too well because I’m short. I’ve experienced a lifetime of shortness, and as a result, I’ve spent considerable amounts of time trying to see what others could view so easily. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy teaching the art of story sharing because it allows the participants to gain a fresh perspective about themselves and others.
Julienne Ryan
June 2, 2022
business storytelling
Having a Communication Challenge? Sometimes we just need to contact a trained professional.
When we encounter communication challenges, sometimes we just have to woman or man up and ask a trained professional for help.
Websites, apps, and technology enable us to function as self-sufficient beings. Being an independent professional forces you to be your own IT support. This role requires us to read many vender-generated pdfs, endure bot-driven chats, and scroll through countless Q & A’s, all in Quixote-like searches for a solution. One that you often do not find.
Julienne Ryan
March 24, 2022
business storytelling
What Escape Rooms Can Teach Us About Conducting Effective Meetings
Escape rooms can teach us about conducting effective meetings as we begin to conduct more in person meetings.
Julienne Ryan
February 23, 2022
engagement
Take a moment to acknowledge your week’s efforts with a Friday ritual. When I was growing up in Queens, New
Julienne Ryan
January 14, 2022
communications
T’was the Night Before Xmas – A Digital One!
Good Communications Santa Claus dropped in to bring a bag full of helpful communication tips and coaching tools for next year!
Julienne Ryan
December 15, 2021
being authentic
Manage Your Steam! – Tips on keeping your cool at work
When we lose our temper, we fall into our emotional brain, and our thinking brain shuts down. When our thinking brain shuts down, we say and do incredibly dumb things. We trigger the primitive part of the brain aka the Amygdala. This stimulation triggers a fight or flight response in ourselves, the recipient of our anger, and anyone who might be within earshot. Rational thinking and responses go out the window.
Julienne Ryan
October 7, 2021