Here we share useful tools for efficient communications, cases and stories

Every new face on Zoom, every new chat, every new project — and the familiar formats start to break down. What works for a team of 15 people stops working at 50, and at 1,000+ it causes critical damage.

How to create a training course that solves your colleagues’ real problems? The answer is by deeply understanding their needs, pain points, and goals. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to prepare and conduct an in-depth interview.

How to start training your team before things fall apart due to a lack of skills, rather than after? This article covers 5 key signals that it's time for corporate learning.

Developing employees' soft skills is an investment not only in the workplace atmosphere but also in business competitiveness. This article outlines the key metrics influenced by effective communication training and the skills that help achieve desired results.

Businesses experience the quality of communication through decision-making speed, role clarity, and how well people interact. If those don’t change, the impact stays at the level of basic information sharing.

Let's talk about what to do if you need to change someone's behavior.

Today we're going to talk about how to express a controversial opinion when criticism is inappropriate.

Do you feel that there is a lack of feedback in the team? There is no comfortable atmosphere where it is non-toxic and safe to share your opinion?

How the Narrative Structure work in speeches and how they may be used in speech structure.

How to increase the chances that you will get a response to the first letter in business correspondence? In this article, some useful tips from Masha Gurova, Head of PR at BEsmart, on how to make a cold email useful, balanced and friendly.

We conducted a small study of speakers' stress levels during their speeches.

Sergey Gavrilov will share his advice on how to start a performance if you get very nervous.

Let's consider how to effectively prepare for public speaking

What is the best thing not to do in a presentation? How to correct the most common mistakes? Tamara Kobozeva, curator of educational projects and product manager at BEsmart, will explain.

The structure of speech is not a set of items that will be discussed. There are logical bundles among them that will help to reveal the essence of the subject and to form a convincing story.

Speakers are very afraid of the questions of the audience. That's for nothing. If you know how to work with them, they can turn from enemies into cool assistants.

Answering weird questions can be challenging, but it's important to approach them with an open mind and a willingness to engage in conversation. Here are some tips for answering weird questions:

4 inspiring speeches at TED about the care of oneself and overcoming society setups. Not only interesting content, but also powerful references for speakers.

We decided to find out if it is worth it to develop soft skills and what is the return on this time and money investment.

Recently, a new LinkedIn profile feature caught our attention – the ability to record a 30-second video presentation about yourself. And today I want to share my observations and talk about the main types of videos that I was able to identify during the research.

Sounds like the key to stand out from the crowd and increase your chances of getting your dream job!

We have compiled a list of exercises that can significantly improve these skills in just three weeks, provided that you practice daily.

We analysed dozens of articles and our own coaching experience to uncover practices that can help to achieve those improvements.

We give 5 recommendations for those, who are planning to perform online – to present a project or read a report at the conference. They will help to orient the audience more deeply in the context of the performance and to deliver the key messages more distinctly.

We must not underestimate the force of small talk – it's not only talks about weather and the last news.

The first thing to remember: most often people ask questions and argue, when they are interested. That's why don't get offended by contradictions and doubts! Use them to reveal the theme deeper and include more listeners in the process.

Each time I run a public speaking workshop, I get at least one: “Shall I drink to get less nervous before my speech?” question. I counted more than 50 in my DMs as well. Have you thought of that too? Here is probably one of the most thought-through answers to that!

So, to make this world a little closer to reality, we will instruct you on how to apply the Argument structure. It works with simple entities and leads the narrative from point to point. It's often used in business correspondence.

Did you hear the main rule of science about presentation: "One slide – one thought"? In this article we shall tell you, when and how one may break it.

It's not important what you will say – it's important what they will hear. This is very actual for freelancers, startuppers, speakers of the conferences and sales managers. In this article I'll give you a simple algorithm that helps all these people to solve their problems with the help of precisely addressed speech.

How should you tell listeners about what you are, what you are busy with and what you can be useful for? We shall show you and analyze an example of the scheme of self-presentation.

Instructions on how to work with objections and uncomfortable questions at a meeting with an important b2b client.

Instructions on how to behave at a key meeting with an important b2b-client.

How to prepare the perfect client presentation

B2B-sales on the sale of expensive corporative products are most often discussed personally at the internal meeting or in ZOOM. The client left an application already, got an offer and agreed to the meeting. Talks are the last link, where all the details are to be clarified and some questions are to be put.

Instructions on how to resist the opponent's manipulation during a debate or dialogue.

We teach to react quickly in discussions, dialog or debate, and not to be led by opponent.

I want to explain which storytelling techniques were used by the new owners of the Formula-1 brand to create an image and attract the audience.

There’s a convenient template in MIRO for preparing performances, rehearsals and feedback

We’re going to tell you how to prepare for a speech at a conference, meetup or live while avoiding panic from whether feedback, even if the audience consists of trolls only.

Don’t be afraid to seem boring and put detailed questions. The better you clarify the requirements of the audience,the deeper the content is. That is useful both for you and the organizers.

Let us tell you how to replace this cliché, why it is so hopelessly outdated and will only harm even the most thoughtful speech.

According to LinkedIn statistics, communication is a weak place in many segments of business. I’m going to show you these statistics and give three specific frameworks to improve your speaking skills.

How we prepared the annual Dodo Pizza' conference and what barriers we overcame