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How You Speak Can Affect Your Small Business Good public speaking skills can significantly benefit a small business by enhancing communication, building credibility, fostering connections, and boosting sales. Effective communication, a core component of public speaking, reduces misunderstandings, improves team collaboration, and ensures clarity in messaging. Additionally, public speaking allows business owners to establish themselves…

by Justin Wingenroth and Carole Voisey We know our nonprofits are always busy fulfilling the needs of their missions. Being a member of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce provides great opportunites to gain exposure for your organization, but are you taking full advantage of your membership and effectively spreading the word about your…

Hearts, Hands & Headlines: Galas and Communication that Inspires Action When you think about the incredible work your non-profit does, all the people your organization serves, and the overall impact, I bet you can’t help but smile and get those warm fuzzies inside, that feeling of joy and bliss. Now, let’s talk about those feelings,…

Brand Building Part Two: Identify Yourself! From Handprints To Brandprints For thousands of years, branding of one kind or another has been part of the human story. From cave walls to Minecraft, it’s how we proclaim our presence, what we do, what we value. It’s how we proclaim our uniqueness, saying “It’s ME! Here I…