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Behind the Scenes: Pregame Interview with Gary Payton Apr 04, 2025

You can be authentic and prepared all at the same time. In fact, it's the only way I made it through technical difficulties during a pregame interview...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 30, 2025

 

I’ve spent the last few days talking to newcomers in the Mariners clubhouse and it’s surprising the number of times the word “communication” has co...

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Behind the Scenes: Post-game interview with Jorge Polanco Mar 30, 2025

Just in case you were wondering... and I know some of you are because I frequently get questions (more like comments on social media) inquiring about ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 23, 2025

 

There's plenty of room to think outside the box scores this week and use sports small talk to springboard into different conversations. 

The start...

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3 Communication Strategies from the NCAA Tournament Mar 19, 2025

The NCAA Tournament always provides sports fans with the buzzer-beaters, game-winners, upsets and Cinderella stories they crave all year. The games al...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 16, 2025

 

March Madness is officially underway. What strategy did you use to fill out your brackets? 

Are you the type to go with top seeds? Looking for the...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 16, 2025

 

Selection Sunday is a week away, there have been plenty of bombshells in the NFL ahead of the new league year Wednesday and Alexander Ovechkin is l...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Mar 02, 2025

For as much as I like to emphasize the importance of small talk in relationship building, sometimes you just don’t have time. Or maybe you have time f...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 23, 2025

 

The idea that more is better leads us to believe that longer conversations (i.e. more words) are needed to make an impact. That’s simply not true.

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 16, 2025

The flight attendant greeting everyone on my Alaska Airlines flight Saturday night couldn’t have been nicer. She said hi to everyone boarding the plan...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 09, 2025

 

Just a reminder that the way you talk about the outcome of a game is part of your personal brand. You might separate your fandom from who are you a...

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Self Advocacy and Thinking Outside the Box Scores Feb 06, 2025

Who do you have this weekend, Eagles or Chiefs?

When the best teams in the NFL duke it out Sunday in the Super Bowl there will be plenty of conversat...

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