Effective Communcations With Diane Diresta

posted by David Wolf on Mar 10, 2009 | Comments (0) | Permalink | Trackback URL

Diane DiResta is president of DiResta Communications, Inc., a New York City
consultancy serving business leaders who want to communicate with maximum
impact – whether face-to-face, in front of a crowd or from an electronic
platform.

Clients include: Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Federal Reserve Bank,
Helena Chemical, JP Morgan, Medco Health, Madison Square Garden,
Merck, National Basketball Association, Starwood Hotels and many more.

She’s the author of Knockout Presentations: How to
Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz, (an Amazon.com category
best-seller)

1. You have said that speaking, or how we speak is, in fact, the new competitive weapon. What do business owners and entrepreneurs often miss about this element of their brand?
2. How do you help your clients focus and tighten their message so they can get the results they want when they speak?
3. We’re living in a world where relationship capital has more value to business owners in many new ways. You’ve said “Success is a direct result of the relationship”. Has our emphasis on relationships changed?
4. How do you coach your clients to manage their relationships in business?
5. When business leaders come to you to learn to present themselves more effectively—-what kinds of techniques might they be missing—and how do you work with them to get better at this?
6. What do we not really appreciate or understand about listening?

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