Making conversations about presentations count!

Delighted to introduce Lizzie Butler, owner of LB Communications, who met Wendy at a local online networking event and immediately hit it off.

They share how a bond of connection can happen without meeting purely because we trust our emotions.

The synergy of values draws people together and the basis of influencing others through conversation or communications calls to the right people, whether that is on a business or personal level.

Consider the language we use, body language, and how the recipient will receive your delivery and remember you.

Lizzie shares a deeply personal experience that affected her and the conversations she was having...

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Your host, Wendy Harris, runs a training business and has been Making Conversations Count for over 30 years. She has a best selling book on Amazon and loves nothing better than helping others find the right people to have the right conversations with. You can find out more on her website

 

 

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

 

Making Conversations Count - Episode 16

Wendy Harris & Lizzie Butler

February 4th 2021 

 

Timestamps

00:00:00: Introduction

00:02:01: Want to get goosebumps?

00:04:16: Close your eyes

00:06:50: Forget Zoom, use the telephone

00:09:36: Lizzie's pivotal moment

00:12:09: Don't deny your emotions?

00:14:07: You must rest

00:16:43: Neurolinguistics

00:19:29: Fear of presentations

00:20:08: Final thoughts

 

Wendy Harris: Welcome to Making Conversations Count, the podcast that brings you business leaders who are willing to share their pivotal moments that have created a turning point in their life and career.  We're hoping that these stories really do resonate with our listeners and you enjoy listening to them.

Today, I have got Lizzie Butler in with me.  Hello, Lizzie.

Lizzie Butler:  Hello.

Wendy Harris: Please introduce yourself and tell everybody how we met.

Lizzie Butler:  Okay, hi Wendy and hi listeners.  I'm Lizzie Butler and I'm the owner and founder of LB Communications.  Wendy and I first met on Jaz Greer's Business Connections.  I think we had all of about five minutes because that's how it works.  Then we went on to have another conversation which we set up, just us, didn't we?

Wendy Harris: We did.

Lizzie Butler:  Although we never actually met in person, we just met via Zoom, the sort of platform for doing business at the moment, isn't it?

Wendy Harris: Yeah.

Lizzie Butler:  It was funny, Wendy, because I was thinking about this the other day and thinking about making conversations count because communication of course is what I do.  I help individuals and...